SGT Elias was killed in action in the Quang Tri Province of Vietnam in May 1968. Raised in Tucson, Juan Elias had been in the Army since 1964. SGT Elias was a Tactical Wire Operations Specialist with E Company (LRRP) of the 52nd Infantry in the 1st Cavalry Division and was awarded the Purple Heart.
(Source: Tucson Daily Citizen, June 10, 1968)
SGT Elias was killed in action in the Quang Tri Province of Vietnam in May 1968. Raised in Tucson, Juan Elias had been in the Army since 1964. SGT Elias was a Tactical Wire Operations Specialist with E Company (LRRP) of the 52nd Infantry in the 1st Cavalry Division and was awarded the Purple Heart.
(Source: Tucson Daily Citizen, June 10, 1968)