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JAMES OLIVER ELLSWORTH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordJames Oliver Ellsworth, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 16
- JOHN HARVEY CARSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1968
- LONNIE LEONARD CLEAVEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM COXFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AUGUST GONSALVES JRSergeant · Panel 60W, Line 17
- DENNIS LEE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 60W, Line 22
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.