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SIDNEY JOHN ELYEA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1944 – February 2, 1966
Service recordSidney John Elyea, of Woodstock, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Woodstock, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 132
- RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 24, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- CRAIG SLADE BLACKNERCaptain · February 2, 1966
- JOHN IRWIN CAMERONAirman First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT DUSBABEKPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL ONEILLPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 133
From Woodstock
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TOBY EDWARD JAECKELSSergeant · September 21, 1969
- GORDON MANSON GAYLORDTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- DENNIS EARL JAHNSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
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.