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JOHN JOE ELSENRATH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1943 – March 29, 1969
Service recordJohn Joe Elsenrath, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 80
- ROSS WILLARD COLLINS JRPrivate · March 29, 1969
- THOMAS LEWIS COTTRELLSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- BRUCE WILLIAM DANIELSSergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH SCHWICHOWStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BRADLEY CLAYBAUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 79
- ROBERT OWEN COLESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 79
- ROSS WILLARD COLLINS JRPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 80
- BRUCE WILLIAM DANIELSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- WILLIAM C GOULD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 81
- DAVID IRA STYLESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 81
- MICHAEL LEE WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 88
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.