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DENNIS HAROLD GUTHRIE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – January 23, 1969
Service recordDennis Harold Guthrie, of Quinton, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Quinton, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 65
- WILLIAM ROY HENDERSONSergeant First Class · January 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE LUSTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH MARCONISpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- TOMMIE LEE MITCHELLLance Corporal · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER LEONARD ALAGNAPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 63
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 64
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 66
- EDWARD PAUL OGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 66
- JERRY ALLEN PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 67
- BENEDICT JOHN TRIPODOCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 68
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 69
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.