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DENNIS CAROL MELTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordDennis Carol Melton, of Rossville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Rossville, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 7
- LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES MEENANPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT NED MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 8
- CECIL THOMAS OSCARCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 10
From Rossville
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- MARION ELIJAH PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · April 26, 1968
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · July 9, 1968
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
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.