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DENNIS LEE DAVES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1949 – September 13, 1970
Service recordDennis Lee Daves, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 61
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lincolnton, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 7W, Line 61
- DANIEL RICHARD FENNSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- GARRISON DAVID FIELDSSpecialist Five · September 13, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE GENTRYSergeant · September 13, 1970
- DANIEL MACOM HEDGESPrivate First Class · September 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JON COLESergeant · Panel 7W, Line 60
From Lincolnton
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1966
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JRSergeant · June 14, 1972
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.