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LONNIE ELLERBE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1947 – August 13, 1968
Service recordLonnie Ellerbe JR, of Hamlet, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamlet, North Carolina (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 48W, Line 5
- MARCUS RAY ASPLUNDWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1968
- LUTHER BETHEA JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- DANNY CURTIS CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT MATHEW CATES JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
From Hamlet
- JAMES ARTHUR ASHECRAFTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- LUTHER HARRIS HOWARDSpecialist Four · June 30, 1967
- NOAH LELAND SMITHPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- DONALD LINCOLN COVINGTONPrivate First Class · July 8, 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.