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LEE ROY MCELHANEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1947 – September 26, 1968
Service recordLee Roy McElhaney, of Ten Mile, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Ten Mile, Tennessee (Meigs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 20
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- RANDALL ALAN OLSONLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- JEROME OVERTONAirman · September 26, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN PAIGEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VINSON BOLLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 15
- FREDERICK EARL BORCZYNSKISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 15
- JOHN LEE BOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 16
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 17
- DANNY CARLTON HAYESSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 18
- JAMES RANDALL PRUETTSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- STEVEN PAUL RANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 21
- CARLTON ROSSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
- RICHARD BARRY TROTTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 25
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.