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DENNIE MCMEANS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1947 – June 4, 1969
Service recordDennie McMeans, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 572 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 66
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY MILLERFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
- DANIEL SCOTT MULLERPetty Officer Third Class · June 4, 1969
- MICHAEL MAURICE OCONNORFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.