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DENNIS MELVIN WOOD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1942 – December 11, 1968
Service recordDennis Melvin Wood, of Beloit, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 9
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Beloit, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 9
- ROY JULIAN WEATHERFORD JRLance Corporal · December 11, 1968
- JAMES ONLEY WEAVERCorporal · December 11, 1968
- JAMES WOODWARDCorporal · December 11, 1968
- DAVEY MARLIN ADAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 1
- DENNIS EUGENE EDGESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 1
- WILLIE LEE HALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 2
- RONALD ANTHONY OSINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ROBERT GLENN PENDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- LEROY HENRY ROMIGPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- CHARLES E RUSSELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- VINCENT RALPH SALEMIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 7
- WILLIAM JAMES SUGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 7
From Beloit
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT DEBOCKMajor · August 3, 1967
- LEONARD JOHN TAUSCHEKPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · January 10, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ERNEST WILLIAM TEWSLance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STINDLPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
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.