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CHARLES WESTLEY ELLIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1948 – September 24, 1969
Service recordCharles Westley Ellis JR, of Widener, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 4
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
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Widener, Arkansas (St Francis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 4
- JAMES EDWARD CROSBYPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- FRED ANDREW GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- KENNETH NEAL HATCHSergeant · September 24, 1969
- ARCHIE EVERETT HICKSPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
From Widener
- ROY MITCHELL JONESSpecialist Five · May 28, 1966
- RAYMOND NITO RIVERAPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.