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JAMES ALVIN ELLIS
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 19, 1930 – May 10, 1963
Service recordJames Alvin Ellis, of Campbell, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1963, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1963
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1963; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1963, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 22
- PARKER DRESSER CRAMERFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1963
- JOHN CARNUL MYATTPrivate · May 10, 1963
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
From Campbell
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 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.