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JOHN LEE MCELROY
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 29, 1932 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Lee McElroy, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 9
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 774 TAC ALFT SQ
- Born
- May 29, 1932
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “774 TAC ALFT SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59E, Line 9
- STEPHEN CRAIG MORELANDFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY NUBERLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MONROE HEPLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 4
- GEORGE WENDELL LONGAirman First Class · Panel 59E, Line 7
- STEPHEN CRAIG MORELANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 9
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
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.