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LARRY WAYNE ELLIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1944 – September 22, 1969
Service recordLarry Wayne Ellis, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 124
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 124
- BARRY KENNETH ALEXANDERChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 22, 1969
- GLENN MARTIN BRADLEYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- EUGENE LEROY BURBEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1969
- DANNY LEE DUPREYCorporal · September 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE DUPREYCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 124
- FRED EDWARD GOLDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 125
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 125
- MARK WAYNE SURBERPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 126
- CLINTON EUGENE MILLERCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 127
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 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.