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HERBERT L ELLINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1947 – May 19, 1967
Service recordHerbert L Ellington, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 39
- PETER ALBERTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JERRY LEE BECKHAMSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMERPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD KIRK GILLINGHAMCorporal · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 39
- WALTER THOMAS GEIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 42
- EVERETT EUGENE JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 45
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS SCHERRERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 49
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 51
- CARNELL EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 51
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.