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DENNIS KUZER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 11, 1947 – July 30, 1967
Service recordDennis Kuzer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 52
- JOEL R KOHLERWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY SPADAROLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- FLOYD GENE TREATPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM VAN HEARNSPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 51
- JOEL R KOHLERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 52
- TERRY LEROY WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 53
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.