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ELMER L JUCKETT III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – January 2, 1967
Service recordElmer L Juckett III, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 109
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 109
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- FRED D HARTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- JOE HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- JOE D JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 108
- WALTER L GOSHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 108
- WILBUR LINWOOD KOHRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 110
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 111
- JOHN HENRY OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 111
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 112
From West Palm Beach
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 1968
- MAGNUS CARL NIELSENPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
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.