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KENNETH JULIAN ELLINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 17, 1941 – April 8, 1969
Service recordKenneth Julian Ellington, of Marshall, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Marshall, Illinois (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 37
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN FULKERSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- CHRISTIAN GEORGE GIRARDSergeant First Class · April 8, 1969
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
From Marshall
- DOW E STEPPLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- JOHN PELL RACKHAUSLance Corporal · November 16, 1969
- EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
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.