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KENNETH WARREN ELLIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – September 26, 1971
Service recordKenneth Warren Ellis, of Melrose, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 26
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Melrose, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 26
- STEVEN WAYNE NEVILLESpecialist Four · September 25, 1971
- JOHN HENRY GREGORY JRMaster Sergeant · September 26, 1971
- WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JRSergeant · September 26, 1971
- ROGER LEE SVIRSergeant · September 26, 1971
From Melrose
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- HAROLD HERMAN HIRTLEMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · June 18, 1968
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · May 13, 1969
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
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.