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JULIUS R ELLIOTT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1933 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJulius R Elliott, of Brownfield, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 21, 1933
- Home of record
- Brownfield, Texas (Terry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 8
- JOHN EARL MAGEEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- JACKIE EVERETT MARSHALLLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- RONALD JAY MILLERSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
- MAURICE HENRY MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
From Brownfield
- WILLIE JOE BRAMLETSergeant · March 5, 1966
- EVARISTO SANDOVALSergeant · September 12, 1967
- RAUL GRIMALDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- FRED GRABIEL GUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN CLARK IIMajor · December 5, 1969
- CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMBPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1971
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.