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DENNIS DUANE WEHRS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordDennis Duane Wehrs, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 6
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 6
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- JAMES THURMONDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- HERBERT LEE VAUGHNSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.