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ELMER GLENN IRELAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – July 1, 1969
Service recordElmer Glenn Ireland, of Star, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Star, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 42
- JOHN WILLIAM HOLLESpecialist Four · July 1, 1969
- STANLEY NIXON IRVINGPrivate · July 1, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · July 1, 1969
- JOSEPH HOWARD KELLEYStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JIM COLLINSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 41
- RICHARD ALLEN LAVENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 43
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.