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THOMAS JOSEPH MCELYNN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1947 – November 30, 1967
Service recordThomas Joseph McElynn, of Laurelton, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurelton, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 14
- KENNETH DALE MCKEEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY MOORE JRMajor · November 30, 1967
- PHILLIP ARTHUR OGASSpecialist Five · November 30, 1967
From Laurelton
- MICHAEL PATRICK WALSHPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD SCHIFRINSergeant · June 11, 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.