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ELMON C CAUDILL II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 14, 1945 – November 29, 1970
Service recordElmon C Caudill II, of Berea, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Berea, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 90
- GEORGE BEEDYSpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
- JOSEPH CARLTON BLACKWELLSergeant · November 29, 1970
- FRANKLIN D DEFENBAUGHChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 29, 1970
- JACK RONALD GIBBSSergeant · November 29, 1970
From Berea
- ALLAN RUSSELL FISCHBACHLance Corporal · September 6, 1965
- WILLIAM GLENN WADELance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN FRANKLIN TYRRELLPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SCULLENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID ECKERFELDSpecialist Five · September 26, 1968
- DANIEL LOUIS PUCCICorporal · June 2, 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.