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CHARLES DENNIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – November 26, 1968
Service recordCharles Dennis, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 65
- DARWIN JAMES DELANOSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL EBELSergeant · November 26, 1968
- MONICO FLORES JRLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DALE BEESONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 67
- GEORGE ARTHUR SHAVIESSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 69
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.