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ELVAIN ENNIS NIOUS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – February 22, 1968
Service recordElvain Ennis Nious, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Patient Administration Specialist (71G)
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 67
- BERNARD JOHN NOVAKStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1968
- LARRY DEAN POWELLSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- CORNELIUS PRESSLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · February 22, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.