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ELWIN EARL SINGLETON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – July 16, 1969
Service recordElwin Earl Singleton, of Cactus, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Cactus, Texas (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “196 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 9
- DENNIS KARL HOPPOUGHLance Corporal · July 16, 1969
- BENJAMIN JOSEPH SULLIVANPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- ROBERT D ANDRADESergeant First Class · July 17, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MAX WILLISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 6
- JACK LEON PRICESecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 8
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.