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ELVERNON PEELE
Captain · U.S. Army
January 24, 1944 – July 26, 1969
Service recordElvernon Peele, of Williamston, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 51
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Counterintelligence Officer (9666)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 525 MIL INTEL USARV
- Born
- January 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Williamston, North Carolina (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- 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 July 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “525 MIL INTEL USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 51
- FRED JULOUS MCCLAINCorporal · July 26, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- MICHAEL CHARLES NIELSENLance Corporal · July 26, 1969
- REYNALDO SALAIS RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEWART B GOLDBERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 49
From Williamston
- JIMMY DARRELL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- LONNIE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
- LARRY GENE HARRISONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1971
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.