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DENNIS ELMER ULSTAD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1947 – January 26, 1969
Service recordDennis Elmer Ulstad, of Billings, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 89
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · January 26, 1969
- DAVID WALTER STERLINGFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- BRADLEY EUGENE SUCHKALance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- STANLEY FRANK URBASSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.