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GEORGE WALTER ELLIS
Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1918 – January 8, 1968
Service recordGeorge Walter Ellis, of Hayward, California, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 84
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Colonel, Ground (9906)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 MAF
- Born
- August 30, 1918
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 84
- ALTON JIMMY FENNELLPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM FISCHERGunnery Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- RONALD LEE FOXLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- ROGER CHRISTOPHER FOXWORTHPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 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.