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SYLVESTER ELLIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – May 6, 1970
Service recordSylvester Ellis, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 111
- JON HILIARE DOOLITTLEStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- KENNETH LEE FOUTZStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- LAWRENCE LEE GORDONCorporal · May 6, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD GRANATH JRCorporal · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE EDWARD HAHNStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 112
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 114
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
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.