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MICHAEL FREDRICK ELFLEIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1944 – August 31, 1967
Service recordMichael Fredrick Elflein, of Far Rockaway, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Far Rockaway, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 73
- REUBEN CHARLES WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · August 30, 1967
- ROSS W WOOD JRSergeant · August 30, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
From Far Rockaway
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- COSMO FRANCIS PACETTAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DORANCorporal · September 8, 1967
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ARTHUR SILON JRCorporal · March 4, 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.