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DENNIS EARL JAHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1949 – April 10, 1971
Service recordDennis Earl Jahn, of Woodstock, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Woodstock, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 116
- RALPH WAYNE JONESSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
- JACK LLOYD KINGStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1971
- STEVEN WAYNE MANESSSergeant · April 10, 1971
- MARTIN TERRANCE MCDONALDSergeant · April 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NEWELL F APPLEGATE SRSergeant Major · Panel 4W, Line 114
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 115
- JOHN HOWDEN FRANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 115
- HUGH MICHAEL PETTITWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 117
From Woodstock
- SIDNEY JOHN ELYEASpecialist Four · February 2, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TOBY EDWARD JAECKELSSergeant · September 21, 1969
- GORDON MANSON GAYLORDTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 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.