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RICHARD ELLIOTT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 19, 1948 – April 2, 1970
Service recordRichard Elliott, of Elmira, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 79
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Interrogator (96C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 79
- JAMES EDWARD BYRDPrivate · April 2, 1970
- DONALD EDWARD CHAMBERSCorporal · April 2, 1970
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- JOHN HARRY DILMOREPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE ANDRE GRONSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 81
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 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.