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WAYMON CLAY ELROD
Captain · U.S. Army
July 3, 1938 – January 3, 1969
Service recordWaymon Clay Elrod, of Cookeville, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 26
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Cookeville, Tennessee (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 26
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- HERMAN EUGENE GANTSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD HEINECaptain · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN VICTOR COUTURESpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 25
- STANLEY DEAN WHITEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 29
From Cookeville
- JOHNIE J WRIGHT JRMajor · February 19, 1967
- JAMES CABELL FARLEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- CARL EDWARD GILBERTFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1970
- JERRY THOMAS HICKEYSergeant · January 10, 1971
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.