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DENNIS MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1949 – March 4, 1970
Service recordDennis Michael Daugherty, of Roselle, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Roselle, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 81
- THOMAS DRUMSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
- BARRY CLINTON HIATTLance Corporal · March 4, 1970
- JOHN PAUL JAROSCAKPrivate First Class · March 4, 1970
- JAMES MITCHELL STANLEYCorporal · March 4, 1970
From Roselle
- RICHARD ROCCO MULLINLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- RONALD NORMAN JASINSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 30, 1971
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.