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DENNIS CHARLES ESHLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – January 29, 1969
Service recordDennis Charles Eshleman, of Conestoga, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Conestoga, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 14
- JOSEPH EDWARD GREENWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- CAL THOMAS HAMMACKLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- LARRY RAY HARRISLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- ROBERT EDWIN HOLTONCaptain · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MANLEY MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 16
From Conestoga
- JAY MARTIN BYERLYSergeant First Class · May 6, 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.