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DENNIS BEDELLE BLACK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordDennis Bedelle Black, of Bossier City, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 23
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Bossier City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 23
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JRSergeant · May 17, 1968
- LYLE PRESTON BILLSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- SHERMAN JAMES BOULWARESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
From Bossier City
- WALLACE LEE OGEASergeant · November 20, 1967
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- DOLROY FRANCIESPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.