Ellis, Vincent James

Vincent James Ellis was a 22-year-old American soldier from FPO, serving as a Private First Class. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, part of Combined Joint Task Force-1 (Task Force Spartan).

Ellis was wounded in a hostile incident in Afghanistan. He was subsequently evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, a major U.S. military hospital for treating combat casualties from the Middle East and Southwest Asia. He died there from his wounds on June 4, 2012.

His death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In 2012, U.S. forces were engaged in a counterinsurgency strategy and were training Afghan National Security Forces as part of a planned transition.

The Department of Defense announced his death on June 5, 2012. He was one of at least 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan during the first week of June that year, according to contemporaneous news reports.

Ellis is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty lists maintained by the Department of Defense and by independent organizations tracking military fatalities. His death is recorded among the 2,356 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Ellis was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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