The Wall › Panel 11E › Texas › Wayne Edwin Ellison
WAYNE EDWIN ELLISON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 31, 1942 – September 24, 1966
Service recordWayne Edwin Ellison, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 7
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 31, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 7
- WAYNE EDWARD BENGESergeant · September 23, 1966
- CECIL EVERETT DORSEYPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM EARNEST EBELCaptain · September 24, 1966
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- JAMES EVERETT GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARNEST EBELCaptain · Panel 11E, Line 7
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 8
- EDWIN JOSEF LUCKSTEADSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 8
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 11
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.