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DENNIS LYNN AHRENDSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1946 – September 6, 1968
Service recordDennis Lynn Ahrendsen, of Olin, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Olin, Iowa (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 47
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1968
- JAMES EUGENE BARNHILLSergeant · September 6, 1968
- DEAN ALLAN BELLSpecialist Five · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN KULL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 54
- RUBY KENNETH WALSTONCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 58
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.