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JESSE LEONARD ELLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – January 29, 1969
Service recordJesse Leonard Ellis, of Elyria, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 13
- HUGH ELROY BEST IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- DAVID FRANK CLEEREMANLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- JIMMY LEE CULWELLSergeant · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM DALEYLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LANNY WILSON BANTASpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 12
From Elyria
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 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.