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DENNIS EARL PAINTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1946 – April 19, 1968
Service recordDennis Earl Painter, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 52
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 52
- MARCELO ORTIZ JRCorporal · April 19, 1968
- JAMES LLOYD PARSONSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES PAYNE JRPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD STEVE PENNAMONSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH BLODGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 44
- JOHN RICHARD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 45
- WILLIAM ROY DENNISStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 46
- FRANK LOUIE FREEDLESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 46
- JESUS ARMANDO GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 47
- OREN B MCCARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 47
- HERBERT REIJI HAYASHIDAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 48
- ANTHONY FRANK HOUSHSergeant First Class · Panel 50E, Line 48
- PAUL NOBLE LARSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 49
- JANIS MICULSSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 50
- WILLIS WILSON SMITH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51E, Line 3
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.