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ALLEN CHARLES ELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1949 – January 30, 1971
Service recordAllen Charles Ell, of Valier, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 69
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Valier, Montana (Pondera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 69
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · January 30, 1971
- RONALD WAYNE HACKNEYSergeant · January 30, 1971
- RONALD NORMAN JASINSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 30, 1971
- PAUL EDGAR LEEPrivate First Class · January 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PAUL DUNCANCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 68
- RONALD NORMAN JASINSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 69
From Valier
- GREGORY LEE HABETSSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
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.