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JAMES BRYAN ELDER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1946 – December 29, 1966
Service recordJames Bryan Elder JR, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Wheat Ridge, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 96
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- ELWOOD D COVEY JRSergeant · December 29, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- CLARENCE E EVERETTMaster Sergeant · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 98
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 98
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 99
- CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 101
From Wheat Ridge
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CLAYTON CHARLES KEMP JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- ARMAND RENE THOUVENELLPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES HERBERT NEEL JRSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1968
- ROY DOUGLAS HURLBERTCorporal · April 16, 1968
- KURT MUELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JACK ALLEN GARNESSergeant · October 30, 1971
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.