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ELMER ROBERT LEE ABLES JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1937 – October 26, 1967
Service recordElmer Robert Lee Ables JR, of Newhall, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 71
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Newhall, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 71
- ARTHUR CLEON ROESLERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- DAVID MCBRIDE TOTHSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH ACEVEDOLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BARTLETTLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ROBERT BECK JRSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 72
- JOHN OLIN COOPER IIIMajor · Panel 28E, Line 73
- STEPHEN FREDERICK PETERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 76
From Newhall
- BRUCE WAYNE STLOUISPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
- STEPHEN RUSSELL PETERSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 23, 1969
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.