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DENNIS LAVERNE ENGLISH
Private · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – August 21, 1969
Service recordDennis Laverne English, of Russellville, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 85
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Russellville, Alabama (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 85
- JACK LEE CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- DENNIS ANTHONY CUNNINGHAMCorporal · August 21, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL EARLYSergeant First Class · August 21, 1969
- RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
From Russellville
- CLINTON E CROFFORDStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS MCGEE JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE WILLISSergeant · June 26, 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.