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ROBERT EARL ELLIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1950 – February 18, 1970
Service recordRobert Earl Ellis, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 27
- THOMAS CARL DAFFRONCaptain · February 14, 1970
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- GARY JAMES EARLYWINESergeant · February 18, 1970
- ROGER WESLEY FIKEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.