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JEFFREY CHARLES ELSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – August 14, 1969
Service recordJeffrey Charles Elson, of Anaheim, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 37
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 37
- DONALD ALLEN CONTARINOCorporal · August 14, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY DERAGONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- DONALD LEORY DUNNSergeant · August 14, 1969
- LESLEY HERBERT HENSONSergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK MICHAEL APODACASergeant · Panel 19W, Line 36
- MELVIN LEE GRANTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 38
- JAMES BORLAND HIEMENZSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 39
- HORATIO WILLIAM HURSTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 39
- RICHARD JAMES KILWINESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 39
- GIL STEVENS WILFONGCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 42
- RICHARD MARVIN WISESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 42
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.