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ELTON HARROLD ALEXANDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1950 – September 5, 1969
Service recordElton Harrold Alexander, of Millington, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 36
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
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- February 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Millington, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 36
- DWIGHT FABIAN BABELPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JONATHAN R BORTLESergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES STERLINGCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 44
From Millington
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH STRAUSSERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT L SMITHSergeant · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM LARRY EVANSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · November 24, 1967
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1970
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.