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HUGH WILLIAM ELMORE
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – March 25, 1966
Service recordHugh William Elmore, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 48
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 48
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN ECKVALLSergeant · March 25, 1966
- RICHARD MAYNARD EPPSSergeant · March 25, 1966
- THOMAS KEITH KINGPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HARMONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 47
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 48
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.