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CAREY WAYNE ELLENBERGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1946 – January 12, 1967
Service recordCarey Wayne Ellenberger, of Bluffton, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Bluffton, Indiana (Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 15
- GARRY DON FREEMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GERGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMANSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- ANGUS N JACKSONSergeant · January 12, 1967
From Bluffton
- WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSONMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE BISHOPPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- CARL TAYLOR BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 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.