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ELMO LEE DEFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 1, 1947 – May 2, 1966
Service recordElmo Lee Deford, of Hansen, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 17
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Hansen, Idaho (Twin Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 17
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- ALBERT MERREL SINNETTStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- BILLY DODSONSpecialist Five · May 2, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GLEN DOUGLAS HINESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 18
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.