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DENNIS FRENCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – September 26, 1969
Service recordDennis French, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 10
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
- Preventive Medicine Specialist (91S)
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 10
- RICHARD ALFRED GWINNFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1969
- BRUCE EDWIN HAZLESpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
- WILLIAM MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MACHULSpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.