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DENNIS COLE NORTH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – February 15, 1969
Service recordDennis Cole North, of Pierson, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Pierson, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 39
- WILLIAM CLINTON NIEDECKENLieutenant (junior grade) · February 15, 1969
- HUBERT PALMERSergeant First Class · February 15, 1969
- WILLIAM RIVERA-GARCIASergeant · February 15, 1969
- RICHARD AMBROSE WALSH IIIColonel · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERSKINE LOGAN CRUMPPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 37
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 37
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 37
- THOMAS SCOTT HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 38
- FRANCIS KENNETH KULBATSKICorporal · Panel 32W, Line 38
- WILLIAM STEVEN RIGGSCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 40
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 40
From Pierson
- JAMES EDWARD CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · May 16, 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.