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ELWIN CLAUDE WISE

Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps

July 25, 1947 – March 27, 1966

Service record

Elwin Claude Wise, of Valleyford, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 6E · Line 53

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Service

Branch: U.S. Marine Corps
Rank: Private First Class (PFC)
Service: Regular
Occupation: Rifleman (0311)
Born: July 25, 1947
Home of record: Valleyford, Washington (Spokane County)

Casualty

Date of death: March 27, 1966
Age: 18
Province: Thua Thien
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Killed in Action
Circumstance: Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1966; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 6E, Line 53

DAVID COLVINLance Corporal · March 27, 1966
RICHARD FRANCIS GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
MERLE ELDON JONESSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1966
RONALD WEAVER JONESPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966

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.