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RAYMOND DEAN ELLIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1950 – May 11, 1970
Service recordRaymond Dean Ellis, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 17
- STEVEN WARREN BOEGLICorporal · May 11, 1970
- JAMES W CHARLESWORTH JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1970
- ROBERT CHARLES GEIGERSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- WILLARD DONALD OBRIENSpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY PAUL BAKERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 18
- BRYAN THEOTIS KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 18
- ALBERT MILBURNStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 18
- DAVID MUNOZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 18
- ROBERT LEE OCONNORStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 19
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.