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STEVEN JOHN ELLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1949 – June 13, 1971
Service recordSteven John Ellis, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 73
- THOMAS WILLIAM BEATTYSpecialist Five · June 12, 1971
- CARROLL JOE BENTONSergeant · June 12, 1971
- RALPH LEE CHURCHFirst Lieutenant · June 12, 1971
- GARY LEWIS PFLASTERStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DONALD JACKSONCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 74
- CHARLES ANTHONY SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 74
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.