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ELSWORTH WILLIFORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1936 – March 13, 1968
Service recordElsworth Williford, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 43
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL WORLEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JUAN DANIEL AGUIARPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · March 14, 1968
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.