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JAMES WILBUR ELDRIDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1946 – May 19, 1967
Service recordJames Wilbur Eldridge, of Nickerson, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Nickerson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 41
- WILLIAM JENNINGS CORBINPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- GEDIMINAS JUST EIDUKAITISWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS HOWARD FAIRFIELDLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 40
- JOHN THOMAS FULFORDSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 42
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 42
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 43
- GUY ECKMAN MCNAY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 47
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 47
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.