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ILLINOIS EMORY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1946 – August 26, 1967
Service recordIllinois Emory JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 46
- LARRY FRANKLIN ARNOLDCorporal · August 26, 1967
- JOHN BINGHAM BOOTHLance Corporal · August 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK JOSEPH CAREYCorporal · August 26, 1967
- RIM MICHAEL DUNGEYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JERALD ALMANZAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 45
- RIM MICHAEL DUNGEYPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 46
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.