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Donna Elliott Collection (2318) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 23180000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.1
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 02 March 2012
Scope and Contents
Book titled Keeping the Promise by Donna Elliott documents her investigation into her brother's, Jerry Elliott, MIA case when he went missing during a mission with the 282nd Assault Helicopter Company at the beginning of the siege of Khe Sanh on 21 January 1968.
Biographical / Historical
Donna Elliott is a retired military photojournalist. She earned three 5th U.S. Army Minarets and the FORSCOM 4th Estate Award while she was in the service. Her brother, Jerry Elliott, was listed Missing-in-Action while on a mission with the 282nd Assault Helicopter Company at the beginning of the siege of Khe Sanh on 21 January 1968.
1
Books
Keeping the Promise: The Story of MIA Jerry Elliot, a Family Shattered by His Disappearance, and a Sister's 40-Year Search for the Truth by Donna E. Elliot, 2010 (autographed by the author)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=23180000000

Citation
Donna Elliott Collection (2318) Finding Aid, Donna Elliott Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=23180000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
23180000000, Donna Elliott Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 01 Mar 2012 [Updated: 01 Mar 2012]