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DENNIS CARL SHIVELY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1948 – March 24, 1968
Service recordDennis Carl Shively, of Coos Bay, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 12
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 12
- RUDOLFO LEONARD ROCHA JRSergeant · March 24, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SADLERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- DANNY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
From Coos Bay
- MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 1971
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.