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GARY EUGENE ELFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1947 – October 30, 1965
Service recordGary Eugene Elford, of Newport, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Newport, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 5
- RICHARD ALLEN CESARCorporal · October 30, 1965
- GRANT LEROY CLARKCorporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD ALLEN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- GERALD LEE FELTNERHospitalman · October 30, 1965
From Newport
- LYMAN ALLISTER MCMULLENSpecialist Five · August 18, 1966
- GERALD DON HUFFMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES MARTIN BEARPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · May 18, 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.