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ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1947 – March 20, 1969
Service recordErnest Franklin Elders, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 88
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 88
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- BARRY LEE EICHELBERGERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- RICHARD LEE FIFFECorporal · March 20, 1969
- JEFFREY SCOTT FORRYPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
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.