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PFC Coney Ellis

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PFC Coney Ellis Veteran

Birth
Willisville, Nevada County, Arkansas, USA
Death
7 Jun 1968 (aged 21)
Vietnam
Burial
Falcon, Nevada County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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PFC Ellis #10839013

MOS: 11B10 Infantryman.


Coney graduated from Oak Grove High School of Rosston, Arkansas. When Coney arrived in Vietnam 8 November 1967, he was assigned to Headquarters and Service Battery, 2nd Battalion, 40th Infantry, 199th Infantry Brigade, USARV.

While on patrol near Xom Thuan Quan, the vehicle came under hostile artillery and rocket fire. Coney and 2 others were killed.

Survived by his parents, John Ellis Jr. and Gussie Lee (Martin) Ellis and his brother, Everest.

PFC Ellis #10839013

MOS: 11B10 Infantryman.


Coney graduated from Oak Grove High School of Rosston, Arkansas. When Coney arrived in Vietnam 8 November 1967, he was assigned to Headquarters and Service Battery, 2nd Battalion, 40th Infantry, 199th Infantry Brigade, USARV.

While on patrol near Xom Thuan Quan, the vehicle came under hostile artillery and rocket fire. Coney and 2 others were killed.

Survived by his parents, John Ellis Jr. and Gussie Lee (Martin) Ellis and his brother, Everest.


Inscription

PFC ELLIS, CONEY
ARKANSAS
PFC BTRY A-7 ARTY-199 LT INF BDE
VIETNAM PH
22 JAN 1947 - 7 JUN 1968

Gravesite Details

Army PFC Coney Ellis is honored on Panel 59W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC.



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  • Maintained by: 2b1ask1
  • Originally Created by: rw2009
  • Added: Jun 7, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147576191/coney-ellis: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Coney Ellis (22 Jan 1947–7 Jun 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147576191, citing New Hope Cemetery, Falcon, Nevada County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by 2b1ask1 (contributor 48863905).