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JOE A ELBERT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – September 13, 1968
Service recordJoe A Elbert, of Lakebay, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 47
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Lakebay, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 47
- JAMES L DILLARD IIIPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- EUGENE JOSEPH FEELEY JRPrivate · September 13, 1968
- LARRY LOUIS GAMBOTTOSergeant · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ALAN GERMEK JRSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH GEORGE CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 46
- HOWARD BROWN HANDLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 48
- ARIEL MARINOSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 51
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 51
- EDWARD KENNETH RYANSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 54
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.