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DENNIS LEE TYSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1949 – September 9, 1968
Service recordDennis Lee Tyson, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 13
- ALVIN MONDAYLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DOMINGO MENDOZA TERRONEZPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN TREZEKPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- PAUL MARTINEZ VARAPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 1968
- EVANGELOS K CARANASIOSLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
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.