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DAVID JOHN ELLEFSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1950 – April 25, 1970
Service recordDavid John Ellefson, of North Bend, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 49
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 16, 1950
- Home of record
- North Bend, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 49
- JAMES THADDEUS CONWAYSpecialist Six · April 25, 1970
- WILLIAM FLOYD DACUSSpecialist Five · April 25, 1970
- JEFFREY BRUNS DODGESpecialist Five · April 25, 1970
- DOUGLAS P MCCORKLE JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
From North Bend
- ALLEN LINN PIERCEPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1966
- TERRY LEE ALLENCorporal · June 9, 1968
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · August 15, 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.