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DENNIS LEE TALKINGTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1946 – March 3, 1966
Service recordDennis Lee Talkington, of Haltom City, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Haltom City, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 97
- WILLIAM JONES JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- CHARLES WAYNE RADERLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- GARY CHARLES ALLENPrivate · March 4, 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.