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ELMER EDWARD ELLSWORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1948 – October 28, 1967
Service recordElmer Edward Ellsworth, of Spencerport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 91
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Spencerport, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 91
- NELSON PAGE HENRYFirst Sergeant · October 28, 1967
- TEDDY LEE HISAW JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- ANTONIO MICHAEL MAVROUDISMajor · October 28, 1967
From Spencerport
- RICHARD ALBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
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.