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MARK ALLEN ELLSWORTH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – September 25, 1968
Service recordMark Allen Ellsworth, of Waterloo, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 11
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 11
- ROGER ALAN FULKERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
- JERRY FRANCIS GRAJEWSKISergeant · September 25, 1968
- RANDOLPH CLINTON GRIMESPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- DANIEL JEROME HILTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 14
- HINEY WILLISSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Waterloo
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENSergeant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
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.