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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dennis Frederick Grace.

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DENNIS FREDERICK GRACE

First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps

March 14, 1943 – March 11, 1970

Service record

Dennis Frederick Grace, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 111

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Marine Corps
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Ah-1 Qualified (I) (7565)
Born
March 14, 1943
Home of record
Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 11, 1970
Age
26
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 111

From Niagara Falls

All 32 names from Niagara Falls →

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.