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ELLIS ORTON JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1930 – November 25, 1966
Service recordEllis Orton JR, of Parowan, Utah, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1930
- Home of record
- Parowan, Utah (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 117
- RICHARD DEAN MATTSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 27, 1966
- DAVID TERRANCE HAKEPrivate First Class · November 25, 1966
- GEORGE ARTHUR MYERSLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- PHILIP ALAN PURVISLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- PATRICK OWEN QUINNLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JESSE GUERREROSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 116
From Parowan
- KURTESS HOWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
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.