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JAMES FRANCIS ELLIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1948 – May 27, 1968
Service recordJames Francis Ellis, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 6
- JAMES LONEL CUMMINGSPrivate · May 27, 1968
- ALFREDO DAVILAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JOHN PAUL EDWARDSSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- GUY BERNARD EPHLAND JRFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.