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GEORGE ANDREY ELKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1942 – October 9, 1969
Service recordGeorge Andrey Elkins, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 55
- JIMMIE DON COXPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- BENNY RAY DUPREEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT FIELDS JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- JAMES HENRY GRAHAMSergeant · October 9, 1969
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.