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ELTON LLOYD SEARCY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – April 25, 1969
Service recordElton Lloyd Searcy, of Chipley, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 50
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Chipley, Florida (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 50
- GEORGE ROBINSONSergeant · April 25, 1969
- JOHN WELDON SADLERCaptain · April 25, 1969
- MARK M STEELEYSergeant · April 25, 1969
- WILLIAM D STEPPSergeant · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 44
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 48
- THOMAS GORDON STONGESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 51
- DAVID WARREN WATSONCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 51
From Chipley
- JAMES ISAH E DANFORDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- EARNEST EARL SHEFFIELDPrivate First Class · December 15, 1968
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.