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JOHN CALVIN ELZY III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1946 – November 16, 1965
Service recordJohn Calvin Elzy III, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 65
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 65
- DANA E BRANNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL CHARLES DELACYCorporal · November 16, 1965
- LUTHER VERMONT GILREATHSergeant First Class · November 16, 1965
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
- DENNIS RICHARD TABORCorporal · June 11, 1966
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.