The Wall › Panel 34W › West Virginia › Clarence Edward Ellis
CLARENCE EDWARD ELLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordClarence Edward Ellis, of Hunt, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 22
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Hunt, West Virginia (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 22
- RICHARD THOMAS CULPLance Corporal · January 17, 1969
- ALBERT JACKSON DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY DAVISSergeant · January 17, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN DIXONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE EDWARD TRENTSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 30
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.