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WALTER EUGENE ELLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1947 – September 17, 1967
Service recordWalter Eugene Ellis, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 83
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 83
- ROBERT NORMAND DECHENEWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1967
- MERLE L DUEMANMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- WILLIE ELLISON JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BENNY GILLIS CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 81
- JAMES WAYNE CHAMBERSSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 81
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 82
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.