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FREDERICK H ELIZONDO
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – June 6, 1967
Service recordFrederick H Elizondo, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 61
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy 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 21E, Line 61
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM CLOUTIERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- WILLIAM CLAYTON GUNTERLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- DARRELL W HEATHERLYSergeant · June 6, 1967
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
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.