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THOMAS MCCLURE ELLIOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordThomas McClure Elliott, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 2
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT EMORYFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1967
- TONIE LEE ENGLAND JRCaptain · March 21, 1967
- CHARLES RAY GOODWINPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MONTE VERNON THOMASSecond Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 15
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.