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LAVAUGHN ELLIOTT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – July 7, 1968
Service recordLavaughn Elliott, of Russellville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 34
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Russellville, Kentucky (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 34
- DONALD RAY BLANKENSHIPLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CARROLL WAYNE EAVESPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW FIELDINGSergeant · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS HOLTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 35
From Russellville
- ALVIN MARION SHIFFLETT JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- JAMES ERWIN PRICEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- BOBBY RAY MEFFORDLance Corporal · August 6, 1967
- ALBERT RUSSELL SANFORDCorporal · March 30, 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.