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THEODORE R MCELROY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1947 – December 6, 1966
Service recordTheodore R McElroy JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 16
- AUTRY GREENStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- SANFORD LEWIS NELSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- JAMES ELSWORTH PITTSSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1966
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.