United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Commander Ellis Ernest Austin served in the U.S. Navy. Ellis served aboard VA 85. Ellis served in World War II, the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1321: Unrestricted Line Officer (Naval Flight Officer)
URL PILOT
VERMONTVILLE, MI
1975
Pay grade O05. DCAS record DCAS-VN-001710.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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Ellis Ernest Austin
Commander
U.S. Navy
- 1975
Attack Squadron 85
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