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VICTOR LEE ELLINGER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1946 – November 24, 1970
Service recordVictor Lee Ellinger, of Staunton, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 80
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Staunton, Virginia (Staunton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 80
- MARTIN IRVING ARBEITStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1970
- DAVID ANDREW BRYANPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
- JAMES EARL ESKRIDGESergeant · November 24, 1970
- NORMAN FRANCIS EVANSSpecialist Six · November 24, 1970
From Staunton
- WOODROW MELVIN FITZGERALDCaptain · October 24, 1963
- DWIGHT POLLARD BOWLESMajor · November 3, 1965
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JERRY HOGUE HEIZERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- CLARENCE WILLIS OBIE IIILance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH RICHARDS JRCorporal · May 10, 1968
- DENHAM A WHITESELL JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGESpecialist Four · November 28, 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.