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ROBERT LOVIS ELMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1948 – April 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Lovis Elmore, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 38
- BARRY H DULYEASergeant · April 18, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- BERNARD LYLE FOXSergeant · April 18, 1968
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.