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WALTER ALAN ELAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1945 – May 6, 1969
Service recordWalter Alan Elam, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 15
- JOSE SOTO-CONCEPCIONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- CHARLIE C WILLIAMSON JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LAFAYETTE COODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 10
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.