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PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1945 – June 16, 1967
Service recordPorfirio Elias Elias, of Colton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 111
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Colton, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 111
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN COMBSSpecialist Five · June 16, 1967
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- WARREN HARDY JRCorporal · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RANDY MICKEL MINORSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 113
- LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 113
- GEORGE MAURICE ODONNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
- WILLIS M SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Colton
- BERNARD LEROY GRAYSergeant First Class · February 11, 1963
- MICHAEL CHAVEZ DARCYLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- WILLIAM DARRELL MCGRATHCaptain · November 17, 1967
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · December 4, 1967
- GILBERT JIMMIE ADAMEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- REYES C HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · November 30, 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.