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JAMES FREEMAN ELKIN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 8, 1943 – June 30, 1970
Service recordJames Freeman Elkin, of Yukon, Oklahoma, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 104
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Yukon, Oklahoma (Canadian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 104
- JOHN LAWRENCE BURGESSSpecialist Five · June 30, 1970
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1970
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1970
- JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEINMajor · June 30, 1970
From Yukon
- FRANK ALBERT THOMPSONCorporal · April 15, 1967
- EDWIN GENE GALINDOCorporal · May 4, 1968
- STEVEN EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
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.