Obituaries:  William D. Ellzey, Sabine Parish       E-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 11, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Capt. William D. Ellzey

  Memorial services were held Saturday, Sept. 6, at 10 a.m., for
Marine Corps Capt. William D. Ellzey of Florien, at the Cenchrea
Church of the Nazarene in Florien. Capt. Ellzey, 32, was one of
eight servicemen killed Aug. 29, 1986, when their helicopter
crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Norway. He was
one of four crew members assigned to the aircraft. Capt. Ellzey's
body was not recovered, and he is presumed dead.

  He was a 1971 graduate of Florien High School, and a 1975
graduate of Louisiana Tech. University. Capt. Ellzey was
commissioned in Nov. 1976, after completing officer candidate
school at Quantico, Va. He graduated from flight school in
Pensacola, Fla., in 1979.

  Capt. Ellzey is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Ellzey; and four
children, Amber, 10, Erin, 8, Rachel, 6, and Kenneth, 4, all of
Florien; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Ellzey of Florien;
one sister, Kathy Chance of Florien; and two brothers, Greg
Ellzey of Florien, and Allen Ellzey of Raleigh, N. C.