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GREG BENSON ELLISON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – January 17, 1969
Service recordGreg Benson Ellison, of Bellmore, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 23
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellmore, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 23
- JOSEPH ESCAMILLASergeant · January 17, 1969
- EDWIN JAMES FICKLERCaptain · January 17, 1969
- RICHARD ALAN FLEMINGCaptain · January 17, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD FRANKSCorporal · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN LOUIS CATESSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 21
- STANLEY K RYKACZEWSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 29
From Bellmore
- WILLIAM BLUE KLENERTLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT PIAMBINOPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- CHARLES J MEERHOLZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN WEIDNERCorporal · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL CARMELO MANNINASpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
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.