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WILLIAM RICHARD ELLIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1949 – November 14, 1970
Service recordWilliam Richard Ellis, of Brewton, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 59
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Brewton, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 59
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- BRUCE CLINTON ELKINSSergeant · November 14, 1970
- FRANK RICHARD HITESHUESpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- ROBERT SALAS ROCHASpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL THOMAS COESergeant · Panel 6W, Line 58
- FREDRICK JOSEPH HUGHESCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- MICHAEL CHARLES JENSENCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL MEEHANSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 60
- STANLEY HERBERT TRYGG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 61
From Brewton
- OBIE CLYDE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY WINTERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JIMMY RAY THOMASPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
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.