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JAMES EARL ELLINGSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – January 18, 1969
Service recordJames Earl Ellingson, of Milo, Maine, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 33
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Milo, Maine (Piscataquis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 33
- ALAN DAVID ELAPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- DANIEL JAMES HOLTSergeant · January 18, 1969
- WAYNE HOWARD KNOWLTONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- FERRELL EDWARD MESSERSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN REX BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 30
- KENNETH WALTER PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 34
- DAVID WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 35
From Milo
- HENRY ALBERT HEAL JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- WAYNE SANGILLOPrivate First Class · November 18, 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.