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STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordStephen A Ellenwood JR, of Toppenish, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 40
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
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Toppenish, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 40
- JOHN LEO DIEDERICHSergeant · August 23, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS DONOHUELance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- CLIFFORD ARVIN DRAPERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR ELLERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
From Toppenish
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- GEORGE ISAAC PADILLACorporal · January 15, 1967
- MERREL P WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 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.