Elvin was one of three Haslouer brothers who fought in World War II. (Edward Cletus, Louis Edgar and Elvin George). Louis spent twenty- eight months in the Pacific theater at Guadalcanal, New Guinea and Burma. Edward spent eleven months in the Pacific an an Aircraft Carrier USS Kalinin Bay CVE 68 and saw action in the Marshalls, the Marianas and in the Battle of the Phillipines.

After graduation from Enterprise, KS High School, Elvin entered Army in August 1944. He took his basic training at Camp Hood and was assigned for paratrooper training. However, before he began his training, he was transferred to an infantry replacement detachment.

Private 1st Class Haslouer had been fighting with the veteran First Division of the First Army. He joined the division as a replacement early in 1945. Although no specifics were reported, it was known the First Army had by-passed Leipzig and was fighting near Dessau at the junction of the Mulde and Elbe rivers on April 15 when Elvin was killed.

Elvin was buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.