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DENNIS LYNN DOOLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1946 – November 10, 1966
Service recordDennis Lynn Dooley, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 50
- WILLIAM THOMAS CARTERLieutenant (junior grade) · November 10, 1966
- OTIS E JACKSONSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- LEN MCKINLEY JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- LLOYD STEVEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BACZALSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 49
- SYLVAN KEITH BRADLEYCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 49
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 49
- LLOYD STEVEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 50
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
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.