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DENNIS JERROD OLIVER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1950 – April 23, 1969
Service recordDennis Jerrod Oliver, of Manassas, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Manassas, Georgia (Tattnall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 34
- GARY PRESTON NEIMANSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- DARNELL MILTON PAYNEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- KENNETH RALPH PEDERSENPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- STEPHEN RUSSELL PETERSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 23, 1969
From Manassas
- VERTIS L MACKEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- BARNARD BACONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
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.