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ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 18, 1948 – December 21, 1972
Service recordRobert Thomas Elliott, of El Dorado, Arkansas, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 21, 1972, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 98
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapons Maintenance Technician (46270)
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Arkansas (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 21, 1972
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 98
- RANDALL JAMES CRADDOCKCaptain · December 21, 1972
- CHARLES EDWARD DARRMajor · December 21, 1972
- DELMA ERNEST DICKENSCaptain · December 21, 1972
From El Dorado
- HARRY M GODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- CURTIS RICHARD BAKERLieutenant · March 28, 1967
- JULIAN R HOOPERMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1967
- JAMES SHEPPARD MORGANColonel · November 10, 1967
- MIKE RAYMOND RASBERRYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- STEVEN GILL EPPERSONFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BURRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1970
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.