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DENNIS CLAYTON BOONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – September 2, 1968
Service recordDennis Clayton Boone, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 23
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 23
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS TAYLORPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- EDDIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- PAUL E YONKIETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT BRUNNOWLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
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.