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DENNIS EUGENE GEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1949 – January 22, 1969
Service recordDennis Eugene Gest, of North Webster, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1949
- Home of record
- North Webster, Indiana (Kosciusko County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 58
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RAMON N HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- DAVID CLEVELAND HOGANSergeant · January 22, 1969
- JOHNNY SAMUEL HOLTLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM LOUGHRANSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 59
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.