The Wall › Panel 36W › New York › Dennis Allen Borland
DENNIS ALLEN BORLAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1948 – December 24, 1968
Service recordDennis Allen Borland, of West Monroe, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 71
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- West Monroe, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 71
- JAMES ALBERT TUELLERSergeant · December 23, 1968
- JAMES U WILLIAMS IIIPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- LEE MURRAY BROOKSSpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD BROWNLEEColonel · December 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE VANDERPOOLSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 74
From West Monroe
- RICHARD JAMES FISHERSpecialist Four · April 29, 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.