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ELWIN JAY LAMB
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1945 – June 29, 1967
Service recordElwin Jay Lamb, of Colon, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Colon, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 83
- GAYLON DARYL DAVOULTLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- GARY LEE DUVALLLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
From Colon
- ROBERT LAMARR BRYANSergeant · July 13, 1970
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.