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RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – June 24, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Ellsworth, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 7
- JOHN VICTOR GILKERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- ROGERS STUART GORDONCorporal · June 24, 1969
- LAWRENCE K HINSCHBERGERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 1970
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.