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DENNIS ERWIN DEBNER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – January 2, 1970
Service recordDennis Erwin Debner, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 121
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Bac Lieu Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 121
- ROBERT CARROL WRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · January 2, 1970
- GARY LYNN DAVISCorporal · January 3, 1970
- RICHARD TERRANCE DEROSIERWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1970
- GARY ERNEST EICHELERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD CARMICHAELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 117
- ROGER WENDELL KVERNESLieutenant Colonel · Panel 15W, Line 119
- EDDIE LEE SPIVEYSergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 120
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.