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GARRY RONALD ELLERMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – May 11, 1968
Service recordGarry Ronald Ellerman, of Salem, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Salem, Missouri (Dent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 20
- FLOYD CLARK BAILEYSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- OLLIE CURTIS FREEMANCorporal · May 11, 1968
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 21
- EDWARD ANTHONY ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Salem
- HARLAN FLOYD ADAMSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
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.