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JESSE ROGER ELLISON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1943 – February 24, 1969
Service recordJesse Roger Ellison, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 34
- DUANE MICHAEL DAVISPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- ROY HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- VASILIOS DEMETRISSecond Lieutenant · February 24, 1969
- MICHAEL BERNARD DUFFYPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ADALBERTO R E VERDUGOSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 37
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.