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DENNIE NEACE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – May 31, 1967
Service recordDennie Neace, of Bonnyman, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Bonnyman, Kentucky (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- 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 May 31, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 24
- THOMAS LYNWOOD NIGRELLIPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- CHARLES ROLAND ROGERSONCorporal · May 31, 1967
- EDWARD S ROUBAStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 20
- HERVEY HARRIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 20
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 22
- CHARLES WILLIAM KRUEGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 23
- WILLIAM WALLACE MONEYSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 24
- JERALD ANTHONY VOKISHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 25
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.