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RICHARD LEIALOHA K ELLIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 12, 1934 – October 5, 1962
Service recordRichard Leialoha K Ellis, of Aiea, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 12, 1934
- Home of record
- Aiea, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1962
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1962. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 11
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- ANTHONY JOHN TENCZAColonel · July 15, 1962
- WILLIAM REUBEN BUNKER IIICaptain · July 16, 1962
From Aiea
- RUDY MANTIAD SAGONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- ALBERT HIROSHI TATSUNOSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- FREDERICK CHARLES CAINCorporal · April 25, 1966
- STANLEY INCILLO SAGONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- JOSEPH JESUS DELROSARIOStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1969
- JAMES ABRAHAM DOANEPrivate First Class · October 26, 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.