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DENNIS EARL BASDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordDennis Earl Basden, of Beulaville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Beulaville, North Carolina (Duplin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 55E, Line 39
- CURTIS ELBERT BANDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- ALLAN GEORGE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE BAUMGARTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JIMMY BEDGOODStaff Sergeant · May 6, 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.