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DENNIS ALLEN SPRENKLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1948 – May 5, 1970
Service recordDennis Allen Sprenkle, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 106
- WILLIAM HOWARD SHALLERSergeant · May 5, 1970
- BOYD WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- DERRICK SUDLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DERRICK SUDLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 106
- JOHN ARTHUR WHITESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 107
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.