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ELLIS ANDRE ROBERTSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1948 – March 19, 1969
Service recordEllis Andre Robertson served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 83
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
- January 12, 1948
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 83
- JACK LEE REXRODESpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- MERVIN RALPH RICHTERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES ROECKLLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENASpecialist Four · March 19, 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.