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ELTON LEE JENNINGS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1949 – January 27, 1969
Service recordElton Lee Jennings JR, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 2
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · January 27, 1969
- MARK NELS JACOBSONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID KEELSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PARKER KEITH GODFREYSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 1
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.