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DENNIS LEE GILES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordDennis Lee Giles, of Greenville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 5
- STEPHEN EUGENE BREINERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- ALLEN WADE INGRAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- KENNETH HENRY MASHLYKINPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ALAN H MINTONCorporal · September 24, 1968
From Greenville
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- WADE LAWRENCE GROTHStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1968
- GERALD STUART WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- GERALD EDWARD KORSONLance Corporal · June 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN ALLENSergeant · February 22, 1969
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · October 19, 1970
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.