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JAN AVERY ELKINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordJan Avery Elkins, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- East Brunswick, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 36
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- TERRY HOYTE BATESSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CARSTENSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
From East Brunswick
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · December 31, 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.