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ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1944 – September 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Thomas Elliott III, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 9
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44W, Line 9
- ALDO ANTHONY DORIAPrivate · September 9, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FISHBACKLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES FRAZERSergeant · September 9, 1968
- EUGENE OTTO FULLERPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CHARLES FRAZERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 9
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
- HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKYAirman · October 2, 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.