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DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 26, 1943 – October 5, 1970
Service recordDennis Edward Vacenovsky, of Brooksville, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 114
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Brooksville, Florida (Hernando County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 114
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- ANDRES MORENO JRPrivate · October 5, 1970
- ELPIDIO J RAVELO-TORIBIOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES RAYPrivate First Class · October 6, 1970
From Brooksville
- DENVER DEWEY COLBURN JRCaptain · January 8, 1968
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- CHARLES BRIAN KEATHLEYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · May 30, 1969
- WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · January 4, 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.