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DENNIS FLOYD KABARA
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 21, 1947 – January 10, 1970
Service recordDennis Floyd Kabara, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 23
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 23
- GEORGE ANDREWS HOWESChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 10, 1970
- JAMES GREGORY LEGASpecialist Four · January 10, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR LEHECKAFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1970
- NEILE COOPER MACKAYCorporal · January 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NEILE COOPER MACKAYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 23
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 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.