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JOEL ARDEN ELLINGSON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 21, 1945 – June 26, 1967
Service recordJoel Arden Ellingson, of Rolette, North Dakota, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 26, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 65
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Yeoman (YN)
- Born
- January 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Rolette, North Dakota (Rolette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 65
- ANGEL MERESI CORREALance Corporal · June 26, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DELRIEPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
From Rolette
- ARLAN DEAN GABLESergeant · July 10, 1967
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.