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DENNIS GLENN PRINCE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – June 2, 1969
Service recordDennis Glenn Prince, of Westland, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Westland, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 47
- DANIEL LOUIS PUCCICorporal · June 2, 1969
- JIMMIE LYNN REEDStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
- MANUEL RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- EMANUEL LAWRENCE SAUNDERSStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
From Westland
- JOSEPH F WILLISFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BLONDINSpecialist Five · March 29, 1970
- REFUGIO THOMAS TERANStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- ARLIE SPENCER JRSergeant · May 15, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL GIUSTACorporal · June 2, 1970
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.