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ROY DAVID ELSTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – March 28, 1968
Service recordRoy David Elston JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 54
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GRAHAMCaptain · March 28, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER NELSON BALDWINSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 52
- LEE MATHEWS LAMBERTSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 53
- JAMES A HARRINGTON JRSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 55
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.