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ARCHIE MERLIN ELLYSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1935 – January 25, 1967
Service recordArchie Merlin Ellyson, of Richwood, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Richwood, West Virginia (Nicholas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 76
- BRIAN DALY CONLAN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1967
- JEROME CONNERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JOSHUA WAY EASONStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JEROME CONNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 76
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 76
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · Panel 14E, Line 78
From Richwood
- REX ALLAN BOWYERSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- RONNIE LEE HENSLEYChief Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
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.