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DENNIS EARL IJAMS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 4, 1948 – July 23, 1968
Service recordDennis Earl Ijams, of Schell City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Schell City, Missouri (Vernon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 41
- GANNON CLARK MILBY JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOGUESpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- RAY HOWARD JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- FRANCIS DAVID LEO JOHNSONSpecialist Five · July 23, 1968
- GARY ELTON LEEPrivate · July 23, 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.