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JUAN ANGEL ELIAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1945 – May 29, 1968
Service recordJuan Angel Elias, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 5
- MARVIN EUGENE COLELance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- STEPHEN SCOTT DONOHUEPrivate · May 29, 1968
- JOHNNY PATTON FIECHTERLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 6
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 8
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 9
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 10
- ROBERT KENT PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 11
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 11
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.