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ROBERT JOE ELLIOTT
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 25, 1950 – September 8, 1971
Service recordRobert Joe Elliott, of Wellington, Kansas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 12
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Wellington, Kansas (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 12
- CLIFFORD LAMONT BYRDPrivate · September 8, 1971
- CLAUDIE LEE COXStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1971
- WAYNE CARL ROCHOWICZSpecialist Four · September 8, 1971
- JOHN ANDREW SERVICEStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1971
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.