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ELLIS EDWARD LAIR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1945 – September 8, 1968
Service recordEllis Edward Lair, of Dalton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Dalton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD GLEGGLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM PHILLIP HARWOODWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1968
- LARRY FRANK HORSLEYSergeant · September 8, 1968
- REDLICK SIMS KOPPELWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1968
From Dalton
- RICHARD LEE WESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAY BARRY GILPINSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.