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ELLIS SANFORD MARLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1949 – December 30, 1969
Service recordEllis Sanford Marlin, of Cardwell, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 110
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Cardwell, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 110
- DOUGLAS DAVID FERGUSONCaptain · December 30, 1969
- JAMES HUGH FRYPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- FREDRICK ANDREW HASSLERStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY MOORESergeant · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY RAPP JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 111
From Cardwell
- IRA ALBERT RICEPrivate First Class · April 22, 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.