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MELVIN RUPERT ELLIS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 18, 1927 – October 15, 1966
Service recordMelvin Rupert Ellis, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 15, 1966, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 18, 1927
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 76
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- GERALD JAMES COLLIERSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- LAWRENCE HUBERT HARRISSergeant · October 15, 1966
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.