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MICHAEL ELKINTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 30, 1949 – July 18, 1968
Service recordMichael Elkinton, of Calistoga, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Calistoga, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. 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 51W, Line 3
- BILLY LEE COOKSpecialist Five · July 18, 1968
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD DAVISSergeant · July 18, 1968
- VICTOR LOUIS DODDYSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- HERMAN DERL DUNCANStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ANASTA CAVALARATOSSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 2
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 6
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 7
From Calistoga
- JIMMY LEE FISHERCorporal · November 15, 1967
- STEPHEN LANCE TOWNSENDSergeant · September 26, 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.