ELDER, JAMES BRYAN, JR.  

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Casualty Record

 

Name:
ELDER, JAMES BRYAN, JR.

Rank / Branch:
PFC E-3, U.S. ARMY

Unit:
101ST AIRBORNE DIVIS

Date of Birth:
1946-07-28

Date of Loss:
1966-12-29

Country of Loss:
SOUTH VIETNAM

Loss Coordinates:
UNKNOWN

Status:
HOSTILE-SMALL ARMS F

Category:
BODY RETURNED

Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground:
GROUND

Awards & Decorations:
SEE BIO

Other:
MARRIED

 

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Veteran Hagiography

JAMES BRYAN ELDER, JR., PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, MIDLAND, MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal

BIOGRAPHY

James was born in Midland, Texas and he was the son of Dorothy Genieve Gifford and James Bryan Elder, Sr.   He was raised in Midland, his father was the Chevrolet dealer in Midland until 1963.  He attended Midland schools, last attending Midland High School where he completed his junior year. The family relocated to Wheatridge, Colorado a Denver suburb after his father sold the dealership.  He completed high school in Wheatridge in 1964.


Home on Leave Before Departing for Vietnam

He enlisted in the U.S. Army in the winter of 1965 and was trained in infantry. He was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and mobilized with the unit to Vietnam on July 28, 1966. He was killed in hostile action on December 29, 1966 perishing from gunshot wounds.

He was buried with full military honors in Denver, Colorado.

His son was born in March 1967 after James' death and lives in Denver, Colorado.

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