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PRESTON HENRY ELLIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1949 – June 17, 1970
Service recordPreston Henry Ellis, of Bonifay, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Bonifay, Florida (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 59
- JOHN DARVIN BELLStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1970
- DEVERTON C COCHRANESergeant First Class · June 17, 1970
- HAROLD ALFRED GREENSergeant · June 17, 1970
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL SHELDON SPEARSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 61
From Bonifay
- JACK LANCE GOODMANMaster Sergeant · July 18, 1963
- LARIS WHITE JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- JAMES HARVEY HINSONSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- LEWIS DEWAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · September 9, 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.