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DENNIS ALAN COMBS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 31, 1943 – June 16, 1967
Service recordDennis Alan Combs, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 111
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 111
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- WARREN HARDY JRCorporal · June 16, 1967
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.