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DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFF
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1944 – December 24, 1965
Service recordDennis Charles Stancroff, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 24, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 38
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 38
- LARRY C THORNTONChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- FERNANDO SEDA JRLance Corporal · December 25, 1965
- LYNN CARL RENNERSpecialist Four · December 26, 1965
From Dearborn
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 1967
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.