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ALTON STARLING ELLIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – May 7, 1969
Service recordAlton Starling Ellis, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 18
- ROY LAWRENCE MCDONALDFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1969
- NORBERT MONTOYO-RODRIGUEZCorporal · May 7, 1969
- GARY BRUCE NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN PENNSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALLIS GILBERT PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 16
- JOHN F MATTAROCCHIA JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 17
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.