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DANIEL MAURICE DENNIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1948 – July 12, 1969
Service recordDaniel Maurice Dennis, of New Haven, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 107
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 14, 1948
- Home of record
- New Haven, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 107
- RONALD MARVIN CREMERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · July 12, 1969
- RICHARD ALAN ENGLANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- DAVID C GORMICANStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1969
From New Haven
- JOHN JAMES GLASPERSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1965
- HOWARD WAYNE BANDELIERPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
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.