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CHARLES PAUL ELLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1946 – September 13, 1966
Service recordCharles Paul Ellis, of Oradell, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Oradell, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 90
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS BORDENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- ROGER DALE CHILDERSAirman · September 13, 1966
From Oradell
- THOMAS RANKIN SNAITHLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- ANTHONY BRIAN BATTELWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 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.