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DENNIS ALLEN KELLUMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1947 – June 9, 1969
Service recordDennis Allen Kellums, of Silvis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Silvis, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 2
- JIMMY ANDERSON INGRAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- FRANK W JEALOUS-OF-HIMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- LARRY RUFUS JENKINSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- LARRY DEWAYNE KEELINGCorporal · June 9, 1969
From Silvis
- WILFRED F SCHMIDT JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 13, 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.