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RODGER DENNIS MCELHANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – July 16, 1969
Service recordRodger Dennis McElhaney, of Jamestown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Jamestown, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 7
- DARRELL VON HURTSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE KIDDSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- JESSIE ROY LEWISPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
From Jamestown
- CHARLES LENARD REEFERCorporal · August 7, 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.