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ELVIN JAMES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – August 16, 1970
Service recordElvin James JR, of Maple Hill, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Maple Hill, North Carolina (Pender County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 116
- WILLIAM H VANGELDER JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1970
- BILLY NEAL JOHNSTON JRStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- STEVEN ROBERT OTTLance Corporal · August 16, 1970
- ROBERTIS PINKNEYSpecialist Four · August 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAUL RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 117
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.