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DENNIS LEROY TOMS
Airman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
November 7, 1942 – November 21, 1965
Service recordDennis Leroy Toms, of Luverne, Minnesota, served as an Airman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 106
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman Apprentice (AA)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- November 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Luverne, Minnesota (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 106
- BARRY FRANK ANDERSENPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- MICHAEL AUGUST BERINGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- GUST CALLIVASSergeant First Class · November 22, 1965
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.