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DENNIS JOSEPH REARDON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1945 – November 29, 1969
Service recordDennis Joseph Reardon, of Cohasset, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 8
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- January 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Cohasset, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 8
- JOHN WAYNE ROLESSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- JAMES RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- CLYDE EUGENE THOMASSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- LARRY ELLIOTT WATSONPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
From Cohasset
- WILLIAM CLIVE LAIDLAWCorporal · August 18, 1965
- PETER COGILLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- JOHN PAUL LYONCaptain · April 18, 1969
- CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONEPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- ALLEN FRANCIS KEATINGSpecialist Four · October 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.