Platoon - The Death of Sgt.

Platoon movie elias death. While they are leaving a wounded Elias emerges from the jungle running from a group of North Vietnamese soldiers. There is a lot of speculation whether he lives or dies confused even more by the fact Depp mentions Lerner dies in a documentary about this movie. Chris Charlie Sheen and the other soldiers watch helplessly from the helicopter as the wounded Elias Willem Dafoe is g.

PLATOON Clip - Elias Death 1986 Willem DafoePLOT. Wounded while walking point the front of the line while the platoon was patrolling the forest seen stretchered after church battle. Taylor and the rest of his unit watch as Elias dies and Taylor completely loses his innocence at this time and begins to form an intense hatred toward Barnes for killing his friend.

Meanwhile Barnes tells the others that Elias was killed in the NVA fire fight. In the jungle with no witnesses Barnes Tom Berenger shoots Elias Willem Dafoe and then blames it on the Viet CongBUY THE M. Elias and Barnes have been feuding throughout the story and now in this jungle fire fight Barnes shoots Elias believing he has killed him.

Noting Barnes anxious manner Taylor realizes that he was responsible. Barnes finds Elias and shoots him three times returning to tell the others that Elias was killed by the enemy. Chris Taylor Charlie Sheen leaves his university studies to enlist in combat duty in Vietnam in 1967.

After being wounded and left for dead by Staff Sergeant Barnes Tom Berenger. But Elias is only wounded. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.

Elias Willem Dafoe emerges from the jungle running from a large group of NVA soldiers. He is literally running for his life from the pursuing NVA. While the platoon is extracting via helicopter they glimpse Elias mortally wounded emerging from the treeline and being chased by a group of North Vietnamese soldiers who kill him.