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FRANK JOSEPH G ELLIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – March 25, 1969
Service recordFrank Joseph G Ellis JR, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 34
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 34
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- STEPHEN HELDEN DOANEFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- WILLIE CLAY DOZIERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL ROY DUNNSergeant · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- EDDIE DEAN CARPERSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 33
- EARL MARSHALL HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 39
- WILLIAM JAMES TORPIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 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.