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WILLIAM ELLIS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1947 – June 24, 1966
Service recordWilliam Ellis JR, of Summerville, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 24, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Summerville, South Carolina (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 24, 1966
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 84
- VALENTIN GEORGE MATULACommander · July 20, 1965
- LLOYD HERBERT BRAYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIE LESTER COLLIERLance Corporal · June 24, 1966
- DONALD CARTHEL ESTESChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 24, 1966
- OCTAVIO FEBUSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LLOYD HERBERT BRAYEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- OCTAVIO FEBUSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- ALLAN ALPHONSA GANZYPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 85
- BILLY MONROE GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 85
- AARON MILTON HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 85
- KENNETH R KAAIHUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 88
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 88
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 88
- GORDON RAY SKYLESSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 89
- CARROLL LAVERNE TUTHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 89
- HOLLIS ALLEN WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 90
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 90
From Summerville
- HILBERT M SINGLETARY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- THOMAS WYATT POORELance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- GARY KENNETH ROBERTSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · March 30, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- LARRY VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.