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JIMMY CHARLES ELROD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – December 7, 1967
Service recordJimmy Charles Elrod, of Pinson, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Pinson, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 57
- JAMES EDWARD BURNSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- GEORGE F EUBANKSSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM GRANT GILGER IIISecond Lieutenant · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 57
- GEORGE F EUBANKSSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 57
- WILLIAM GRANT GILGER IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 57
- DUDNEY NELSON ARLENTINOSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 58
- TOM GONZALES JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 58
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 59
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 60
- ROBERT W TEWKSBURYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 61
- LARRY A WINSLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 61
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.