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ELTON RAY VENABLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – February 19, 1969
Service recordElton Ray Venable, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Holdenville, Oklahoma (Hughes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 62
- RONALD DEAN SHAFFPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- BARRY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- ROY DIXON STOFFREGENSpecialist Four · February 19, 1969
- STEVEN DALE TANNERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
From Holdenville
- JIMMIE DALE WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- LENARD STREET JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ALAN BRUCE CECILSpecialist Five · September 21, 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.