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OTIS RANDOLPH ELLIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1947 – March 28, 1967
Service recordOtis Randolph Ellis JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 61
- STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- CHARLES EARL DYKELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.