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ELZIA RAY PITCOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1946 – August 1, 1967
Service recordElzia Ray Pitcock, of Farmington, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmington, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 62
- CALVIN A MCGINTY JRSergeant · August 1, 1967
- BRUCE EDWARD MIELKELance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- JOE NED MONTOYACorporal · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM ROLAND PREWITTLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
From Farmington
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- HENRY KOLAKOWSKI JRCaptain · June 15, 1968
- NATHAN EUGENE CROUCHSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- ROY KENNETH WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1969
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · April 9, 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.