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DENNIS ALAN GETTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – September 6, 1967
Service recordDennis Alan Getty, of Lapeer, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 9
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Lapeer, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 9
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD FRANCECorporal · September 6, 1967
- LYDES JAY GARNER JRSergeant · September 6, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED KAIMI NAAUAO KAMASergeant · Panel 26E, Line 12
From Lapeer
- THOMAS EDWARD HENDERSHOTTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BAUCOMCorporal · February 28, 1968
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN BEALSSergeant · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES BECKMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 1969
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.