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ROBERT JAMES ELGAARD
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1935 – February 5, 1967
Service recordRobert James Elgaard, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 123
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 123
- ROBERT RAYMOND ECKERSergeant · February 5, 1967
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- MICHAEL AYR LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD PAULSergeant · February 5, 1967
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.