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DENNIS EDWARD PURCELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – April 26, 1968
Service recordDennis Edward Purcell, of Tulare, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 23
- ALBERT ALLEN PETERSONHospitalman · April 26, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM PRATTSecond Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- GEOFFREY D R SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DEWAYNE BOYETTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 14
- DAVID ALLEN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 14
- MICHAEL FRANCES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 15
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 17
- MICHAEL THOMAS EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 17
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 18
- TERRY JOE KENNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 20
- MILTON ARTHUR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 23
- GEOFFREY D R SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 23
- RAYMOND JULIUS SMITHSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 24
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
- EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 26
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- LEONARD LONGHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 1969
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
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.