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JAMES WALTER ELENBURG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1945 – May 21, 1966
Service recordJames Walter Elenburg, of Sumiton, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Sumiton, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 95
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- BARRY WILLIAM DUFFCorporal · May 21, 1966
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN ROGER GODERREPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN KENNY PENLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 98
- DON JUNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 98
From Sumiton
- VIRGIL EUGENE CHILDERSCorporal · March 17, 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.