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DENNIS DALE NAGELKIRK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – February 12, 1968
Service recordDennis Dale Nagelkirk, of West Olive, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 9
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- West Olive, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 9
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- ARNOLD EDWARD MELISHSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JOHN DEE MENDOZASpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN NELSON BROCKMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 2
- RONNIE JOE HOFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 5
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 12
From West Olive
- WILLIAM MICHAEL EBELSergeant · November 26, 1968
- RONALD JAMES FUITEPrivate First Class · January 15, 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.