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DENNIS HENRY RHEN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 25, 1946 – May 17, 1969
Service recordDennis Henry Rhen, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 34
- WALTER PALMERSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT SESSIONSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- RICHARD EUGENE STAABSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- VIRGIL GRANT STEWARTCaptain · May 17, 1969
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.