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EUGENE ELDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 25, 1948 – March 6, 1969
Service recordEugene Elder, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 25, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 52
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- WEYMAN TERRY COOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS COYLEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RICHARD AVGERINOSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 51
- ROBERT EDWARD LEAMENSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 57
- STEVE EDWIN LOWERYCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 57
- CRAIG EMERY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 61
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.