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EARL WAYNE ELLIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1950 – June 21, 1971
Service recordEarl Wayne Ellis, of Bonne Terre, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1971, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 85
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Bonne Terre, Missouri (St Francois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1971; two of them were lost in An Giang Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 85
- DONALD PAUL LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1971
- DOUGLAS EDWIN LUSCOMBESergeant · June 21, 1971
- CHARLES DAVID METZLERCommander · June 21, 1971
- FLOYD WILLIAM WOODSSergeant · June 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JOE WATSONSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 84
- DOUGLAS EDWIN LUSCOMBESergeant · Panel 3W, Line 85
From Bonne Terre
- DENNIS EDWARD ISGRIGCorporal · May 15, 1968
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.