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DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1949 – June 26, 1970
Service recordDennis Dean Chamberlin, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Elkhorn, Wisconsin (Walworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 93
- DENNIS JAMES BRAULTChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 26, 1970
- VICTOR BYRON CAMBASStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CARIVEAUPetty Officer Second Class · June 26, 1970
- JERRY DEWAYNE CARVERSergeant · June 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JAMES BRAULTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 93
- GARY LEE FLECKPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 94
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS SILVIO VERGAMINIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 97
From Elkhorn
- MICHAEL HOWARD STOFLETPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ALLEN L VANKEURENStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- JACK PETER DELANGESpecialist Five · March 5, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM DUNBAR JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1969
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.