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RANDALL SHELLEY ELLIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordRandall Shelley Ellis, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 107
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 18, 1969
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 107
- THOMAS ARTHUR DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS DEPRIESTFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · April 18, 1969
- FRED GUNDER HAUGFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 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.