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FRANKLIN MAX ELLINGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1941 – August 12, 1968
Service recordFranklin Max Ellinger, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 52
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ordnance Vehicle Maintenance Chief (2149)
- Born
- July 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 52
- DAVID CHARLES DAISHERLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- RALPH PAUL DAYHOFFPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- THADDEUS DURRETTSergeant · August 12, 1968
- EARNEST EATMAN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 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.