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MICHAEL LEE ELMY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – May 9, 1967
Service recordMichael Lee Elmy, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 70
- LAYNE FARELL CLIFTONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- MERL THOMAS DUNN JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE L FANTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
- EMIL GEORGE MEGIVERONPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.