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DENNIS JAMES WAHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1947 – July 21, 1967
Service recordDennis James Wahl, of Alliance, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 105
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Alliance, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 105
- RICHARD FURLONG SUTTERCorporal · July 21, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN SYLVIAPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- PATRICK JOHN VASQUEZLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- MERLIN HOWARD VROMANSergeant First Class · July 21, 1967
From Alliance
- LEE CELIN WAGNER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- LARRY LAMARR DEANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ANGELO MANGINOStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · February 20, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
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.