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WILLIAM WALTER ELLIS III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1946 – August 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam Walter Ellis III, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 100
- STEPHEN EARL CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- TOMMY GENE ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL GILLERANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT WINGERTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MAYON MATTOXSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 103
- JUAN LEON GUERRERE DUENASStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 104
- PHILIP JOHN VEVERASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 104
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.