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DENNIS ALVIN MCKELLAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1946 – October 24, 1966
Service recordDennis Alvin McKellar, of Rose City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Rose City, Michigan (Ogemaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 103
- HUBERT LEON LEE JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- KENNETH DALE MCCOINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- KIRK ALVIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- LEON BUTLER TRIESTCaptain · October 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HUBERT LEON LEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 103
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 104
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.