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KEVIN C MCELHANNON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1952 – September 15, 1970
Service recordKevin C McElhannon JR, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 10, 1952
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 66
- WAYNE ALLEN MCCONKEYCaptain · September 15, 1970
- WILLIAM A PEDERSENLieutenant (junior grade) · September 15, 1970
- JOSE PABLO RAMOSPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1970
- PABLO ISREAL SEDAPrivate · September 15, 1970
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.