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JAMES THOMAS ELROD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 17, 1946 – August 10, 1966
Service recordJames Thomas Elrod, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 121
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 121
- EDDIE ACHICASergeant · August 10, 1966
- ERNEST BALDONADO AMADORSergeant · August 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
From Moultrie
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · July 3, 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.