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DENNIS LEE MEDUNA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 17, 1950 – June 1, 1971
Service recordDennis Lee Meduna, of Dickinson, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Dickinson, North Dakota (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 61
- DEAN ROBERT ISAACSSergeant · June 1, 1971
- LEON JEROME JACKSONSergeant First Class · June 1, 1971
- PAUL GERALD MAGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1971
- THOMAS CHARLES MICHEHLChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 60
- THOMAS CHARLES MICHEHLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 61
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 63
From Dickinson
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- MICHAEL HENRY KESSELLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES DONALD WENDTSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS MILTON KELLYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- JON PARIS ROBBINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
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.