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DENNIS FRANCIS MCGUIRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1949 – December 20, 1968
Service recordDennis Francis McGuire, of West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 53
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES NEUBIAPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- DALE HAROLD RANTHUMStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1968
- THOMAS GARY SIKESFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CLARK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 48
- DOUGLAS JOHN HAAN JRCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 50
- MICHAEL JOSEPH OTOOLEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 54
From West Conshohocken
- GERALD MICHAEL MARKOSKICorporal · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BALITCHIKSeaman · April 26, 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.