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JEROME ELKINS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 24, 1938 – August 27, 1965
Service recordJerome Elkins, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 27, 1965, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 67
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 1965
- THOMAS JOSEPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · August 27, 1965
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- GERHARDT JUSTSergeant First Class · August 27, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.