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DENNIS LEE EVERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – May 17, 1968
Service recordDennis Lee Everts, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 3
- HARRY HENRY DESORMEAUXSergeant · May 17, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH DICAPRIOCorporal · May 17, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DYERSergeant · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JRSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 23
- KENNETH CLAY BERRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 24
- REGINALD ALONZO BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 24
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · Panel 62E, Line 1
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 2
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 2
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 5
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 7
- MARIO FOWLER MUSE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 9
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
- CHARLES LUTHER YOUNGSergeant First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.