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DENNIS JAY LULOFS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – February 17, 1968
Service recordDennis Jay Lulofs, of Clarksville, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Michigan (Ionia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 74
- WILLIAM THOMAS MANGUM JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MARTINAirman · February 17, 1968
- THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- THOMAS OTIS MEEKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
From Clarksville
- JOHN LLOYD MUTSCHLERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
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.