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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Randall Lee Ellis.

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RANDALL LEE ELLIS

Sergeant · U.S. Army

December 1, 1949 – November 9, 1970

Service record

Randall Lee Ellis, of Justice, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 6W · Line 47

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
December 1, 1949
Home of record
Justice, West Virginia (Mingo County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 9, 1970
Age
20
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.

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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.