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DENNIS LEE GAUTHIER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1949 – October 31, 1969
Service recordDennis Lee Gauthier, of Rochester, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 31, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 BN 12 INF 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 31, 1969
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 8
- ADAMO ERMINO DEANGELISCaptain · October 31, 1969
- STEVE LOUIS ESCALLIERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT GETZChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 31, 1969
- FLOYD STEPHEN GIEBELLSergeant · October 31, 1969
From Rochester
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · August 15, 1966
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- STERLING HAROLD HILLStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · June 17, 1969
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 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.