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JOE HENRY ELLIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1945 – January 9, 1969
Service recordJoe Henry Ellis, of Lyons, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Lyons, Georgia (Toombs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 59
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
From Lyons
- JOSEPH BARRY JONESCaptain · February 5, 1968
- HENRY FLOYD FAIRCLOTHSergeant · March 27, 1969
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.