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RICHARD WRIGHT ELLISON
Colonel · U.S. Army
February 4, 1922 – February 16, 1971
Service recordRichard Wright Ellison, of Granby, Massachusetts, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 111
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 4, 1922
- Home of record
- Granby, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1971
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 111
- CHARLES LEE HOSKINSCaptain · February 16, 1971
- MICHAEL RAY HUNTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1971
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
- EVELYN FRANKLIN LANKFORDSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 111
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.