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WENDELL THEO ELIASON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1940 – March 31, 1965
Service recordWendell Theo Eliason, of Escalon, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 98
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- July 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Escalon, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 98
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- MANOLITO WISCO CASTILLOPetty Officer Second Class · March 30, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MAGELFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 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.