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ERNIE JON ELFENBEIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 5, 1948 – October 6, 1967
Service recordErnie Jon Elfenbein, of Hillsdale, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 59
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillsdale, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 59
- LESLIE HAROLD FUNK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 1967
- JOSEPH LEE HOGGATTPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LE ROY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE KEATONCorporal · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 61
From Hillsdale
- MICHAEL CONRAD ROELLPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE ALBERT POOR JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL MAHER JRFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1968
- PETER PATRICK MURNER JRSecond Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
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.