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ALDWIN ARDEAN ELLIS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – October 7, 1967
Service recordAldwin Ardean Ellis JR, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 64
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WAYNE EUGENE FULLAMLieutenant Colonel · October 7, 1967
- MICHAEL GRIMESCorporal · October 7, 1967
- VICTOR MAHLON GROSSSecond Lieutenant · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 63
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 64
- MICHAEL GRIMESCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 64
- RODNEY DEAN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
- WILLIAM ALBERT JATEFFPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 66
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.