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 SOLDIERS DETAILS
Soldiers Name:
  Wilfred McElveen
Other Names:
 
Also Known As:
 
Marital Status: 
 Married
Age at Death:  
 38
Civilian Job:  
 Barman
  SERVICE DETAILS
Enlistment Date: 
  03/01/1972
Service No: 
  24273924  
Rank: 
Pte
Regiment:  
 UDR 
Battalion:  
 2 UDR 
Company:  
 C Company 
Service Type: 
 EX PT
   
DETAILS OF INCIDENT
On or Off Duty: 
  NA
Date of Death: 
 27/08/1982
County:   
  Armagh
Location: 
  Milford

Details: 
 Part Time employed on Full Time duties. Killed by an IRA booby trap which exploded under his car as he drove out of an amateur football club's grounds. His brother William, a RUCR was killed by the IRA in 1973. Left the Regiment in 1981 - 31st ex UDR soldier to be killed.
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