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WILLIAM H ELMORE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1944 – September 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam H Elmore JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 82
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
- Frs Basic Ch-46 Pilot (I) (7561)
- Born
- February 3, 1944
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 82
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.