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Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965.
Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Bennel Ellis.

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BENNEL ELLIS

Private · U.S. Marine Corps

November 4, 1945 – September 25, 1965

Service record

Bennel Ellis, of Phoenix, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 2E · Line 94

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Private (PVT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Machinegunner (0331)
Born
November 4, 1945
Home of record
Phoenix, Illinois (Cook County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 25, 1965
Age
19
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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Three names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 2E, Line 94

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.