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JAMES TIPTON ELSWICK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1950 – May 12, 1969
Service recordJames Tipton Elswick JR, of Tazewell, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS CO HQS BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Tazewell, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 67
- PETER PHILIP DUBIELPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK ELANDSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- PAUL DEAN ELWARTPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID FIELDSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
From Tazewell
- ROBERT LEE LAIRDStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1965
- JOHN RAYMOND BOWLING SRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1966
- DONALD LYNWOOD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- WILLIS LEONARD MCBRIDESergeant · October 9, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK SAYERSSergeant · April 14, 1970
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.