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ELLIS A MCBRIDE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1943 – June 23, 1967
Service recordEllis A McBride JR, of Lithia, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 55
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Lithia, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 55
- SAM RAYMOND JONESSergeant · June 23, 1967
- EDWIN WOODS MARTIN JRMajor · June 23, 1967
- CLIFFORD N MIZEStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
From Lithia
- TOMPKINS GRIFFEN FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1966
- CALVIN LEON COOKSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
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.