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DENNIS ALLEN LADAGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1949 – June 21, 1970
Service recordDennis Allen Ladage, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 76
- JAMES DALE GARDNERStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1970
- ERNEST LEROY GARNERStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1970
- JOHN NEWT MCCLENDON JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1970
- STEPHEN JAY W SMITHSergeant · June 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DALE GARDNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 76
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.