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DENNIS MICHAEL BOLAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – December 26, 1969
Service recordDennis Michael Boland, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 92
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 92
- WILLIAM ANTHONY THEISENSergeant · December 24, 1969
- WAYNE HOWARD WALKERCorporal · December 24, 1969
- WILBERT LEE GILLESPIEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1969
- HARRY RICHARD SINE JRPrivate First Class · December 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES ROMESSERSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 95
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.