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DENNIS FRANKLIN LORDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – July 14, 1969
Service recordDennis Franklin Lorden, of Nashua, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 119
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashua, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 119
- THEODORE MENDEZ SRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1969
- JOHN V MORASCINIStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN PASCALESpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- GREGORY JOHN PEARSONSeaman · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WARREN CHARLES DEYERMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 116
- TERRY LEE HAWKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 118
From Nashua
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 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.