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DENNIS CHARLES DURAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1951 – May 25, 1971
Service recordDennis Charles Durand, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 54
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1971; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 54
- WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMSMajor · May 25, 1971
- JOHN DEHAAS CURRANCaptain · May 25, 1971
- ROY IGNACIOStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1971
- JOHN WAYNE LITTLETONSpecialist Four · May 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMSMajor · Panel 3W, Line 54
- JOHN DEHAAS CURRANCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 54
- JOHN WAYNE LITTLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 54
- MELVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 55
- LEROY JAMES WESTRAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 55
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES VANCELance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- MARK ALLAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
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.