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DENNIS JEROME SPECK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1945 – July 23, 1968
Service recordDennis Jerome Speck, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 45
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 45
- GLENN EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- JOHNNY R THAXTON JRLance Corporal · July 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN TILGHMANLance Corporal · July 23, 1968
- WAYNE ELLIOTT TIMOTHYPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GEORGE HEYDORNSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 40
- JAMES HENRY MARTINCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 42
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 1968
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.