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ERNEST LEE ELLIOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1942 – June 20, 1968
Service recordErnest Lee Elliott, of Dothan, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Dothan, Alabama (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 5
- RANDOLPH WRIGHT FORDCommander · June 11, 1968
- HAROLD FRANCIS GENTILECorporal · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GIGLIOTTIPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RUSSELL KENNANNCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 7
- CHARLES SEGAR JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 9
- SIDNEY CHESTER SQUIRESPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 10
- DAVID LYNN STOCKMANSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 10
From Dothan
- RUSSELL WILFORD KISTLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- RANDLE KINNEYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- CHARLES WALKER FORDPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- LOWELL C HANSENStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1967
- HURLEY ALVIN SMITHLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN YERIONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · June 9, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS WILSONCaptain · October 16, 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.