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GEORGE STEVEN ELBERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1942 – April 17, 1968
Service recordGeorge Steven Elbert, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 27
- JAMES CHARLES DELAPLANEHospitalman · April 17, 1968
- JAMES EGBERT DICKERSONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT FRANKLINPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID WINSLOWPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE ALLEN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 26
- JAMES ALLAN GEROUPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 28
- THEODORE HUBBARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 29
- VICTOR GEORGE MIKASecond Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 31
- RUDY MICHEL THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 34
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.