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DENNIS LEE LONGDAIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – April 22, 1970
Service recordDennis Lee Longdail, of Yuma, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Yuma, Arizona (Yuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 37
- DONALD CAROL LAMB JRCorporal · April 22, 1970
- DONALD MICHAEL LINTSenior Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- KEITH ALAN LOCHNERSergeant · April 22, 1970
- RAY THOMAS MARTINSergeant First Class · April 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ELY GRANTHAM JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 35
- RAY THOMAS MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 37
From Yuma
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- EDWIN MICHAEL RIDENOURPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- ROBERT L CHAVEZChief Petty Officer · March 25, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JRCorporal · June 4, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.