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DENNIS LANE LONG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1943 – November 26, 1965
Service recordDennis Lane Long, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 115
- DENNIS FLOYD AMATOSergeant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM HAROLD CRISMANSergeant · November 27, 1965
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- PHILLIP JOHN VANDER WEGSergeant First Class · November 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 114
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.