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BILLY JOE ELLIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – January 3, 1968
Service recordBilly Joe Ellis, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Elizabethton, Tennessee (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 3, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 27
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · January 3, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE COONRODCorporal · January 3, 1968
- CLAUDE DARDEN JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- DENNIS DALE DAUTREMONTPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 25
- DAVID RICHARD BURSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 26
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ARNOLD LEE COONRODCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 27
- DENNIS DALE DAUTREMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RODNEY ALLEN PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- ROBERT RAYMOND LINDBERGHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 29
- EDWARD KEITH ROBISONMaster Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JESSE EMITERIO RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MORGAN EUGENE STEWARTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MELFORD WAYNE WESTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 33
From Elizabethton
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- DALE ALONZO JOHNSONMajor · October 27, 1966
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL AVERYLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SHAFFERLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · February 23, 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.