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WILBERT ALLEN ELLISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1944 – November 25, 1968
Service recordWilbert Allen Ellison, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 54
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 54
- FRANCISCO ALVAREZSergeant · November 25, 1968
- MICHAEL DEAN BELLPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BENTONFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1968
- MELVIN EDWARD BEVIERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDRICK BEN KINGSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 58
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.