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MARVIN CHARLES ELLERBROCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 22, 1946 – May 6, 1967
Service recordMarvin Charles Ellerbrock, of Ottawa, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Ohio (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 48
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- BOBBY WAITS CAMERONPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- CURTIS EDWARD CHASEFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD HATTENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 51
From Ottawa
- DAVID MICHAEL DICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1968
- RICHARD LEE HOPKINSCorporal · May 12, 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.