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WARREN SHELBY MCELHANON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1943 – March 9, 1966
Service recordWarren Shelby McElhanon, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 133
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 133
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- CLARENCE EARL MCKINNISPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- EDWARD PEREALance Corporal · March 9, 1966
- DELBERT RAY PETERSONMajor · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 132
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- LEONARD BURTON POORESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.