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ELIOT FRANKLIN GUILD
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 16, 1946 – January 20, 1968
Service recordEliot Franklin Guild, of Winchester, New Hampshire, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 20, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Winchester, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 86
- PETER FLETCHERCorporal · January 20, 1968
- ANDY GARNICASergeant · January 20, 1968
- STEPHEN ANTHONY GUARDINOPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
From Winchester
- ROBERT GENE GALBREATHSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.