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JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1947 – April 6, 1966
Service recordJames Phillip McElhannon, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 90
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma (Okmulgee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 90
- ROBERT ALAN KREUZIGERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE LAFAYETTEMajor · April 6, 1966
- JOHN EDGAR LITTLEPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- WALTER FRANK ORLEYLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
From Okmulgee
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- RICHARD TARKINGTON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- RUSSELL FORREST KECKCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- VENCEN ACKERSONSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
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.