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MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – July 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Stewart Elledge, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 48
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 6 BN 33 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 48
- JOSEPH TERRY CAMBRONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- IDUS JAMES CONNERLance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- JOHN CARL FOYLance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 1969
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
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.