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DENNIS LEE VANCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – December 2, 1969
Service recordDennis Lee Vance, of Glendale, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Glendale, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- 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 December 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 20
- ROBERT STEPHEN RAINESStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- MARVIN HOWARD SANDERSCorporal · December 2, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- JONATHAN TOWNSENDStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TRINO BALTAZAR BENAVIDEZCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 15
- MARVIN HOWARD SANDERSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 20
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.