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RONALD LEE ELZA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – June 12, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Elza, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 93
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 93
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JOSE HILARIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- SERGIO EDITH ALBERTSergeant · June 12, 1967
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 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.