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ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordRobert Loomis Ellison, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 22
- ALAN CLIFFORD ERICKSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD WYATTE FARRIERChief Petty Officer · July 29, 1967
- KENNETH LEE FASTHFireman · July 29, 1967
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 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.