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WILLARD FRANCIS ELDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1945 – December 27, 1965
Service recordWillard Francis Elder, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 17, 1945
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 41
- WILLIAM FLOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- JOHN JOSEPH CARLONE IIPrivate · December 27, 1965
- JAMES CLIFTON GUILLORYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1965
- STEPHEN DYER JEWETTSpecialist Four · December 27, 1965
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH WIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 16, 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.