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DENNIS LEWIS BOLTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – January 28, 1969
Service recordDennis Lewis Bolton, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 5
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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
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 5
- RICHARD ARIASSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- ANDRE REMI BELLEMAREPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER BIEDRONPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS GUY BURGECaptain · January 28, 1969
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.