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JAMES FRANK MCELYEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1948 – February 5, 1967
Service recordJames Frank McElyea, of Escondido, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Escondido, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 124
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- JIMMY EARL MUMFORDCorporal · February 5, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARD PORTEOUSLance Corporal · February 5, 1967
From Escondido
- OSCAR CRUZPrivate · July 24, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK DURBINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MARTINSergeant · September 26, 1967
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 1969
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.