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ELKER GURTH KATZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – December 24, 1969
Service recordElker Gurth Katz, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 90
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 90
- THOMAS VENCENT HAASLance Corporal · December 24, 1969
- GLENNON HAYWOODCorporal · December 24, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL HIRESSpecialist Four · December 24, 1969
- TERRENCE MICHAEL KUZAKLance Corporal · December 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ARTHUR CHRISTENSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 89
- GLENNON HAYWOODCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 90
- WILLIAM ANTHONY THEISENSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 92
- WAYNE HOWARD WALKERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 92
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
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.