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DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – March 23, 1971
Service recordDennis Michael Hotaling, of Middletown, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 70
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
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Middletown, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 70
- PAUL JOHN FOTIChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 23, 1971
- JESSIE JAMES GARTHPrivate First Class · March 23, 1971
- JOHN DIETRICH HEINZSergeant · March 23, 1971
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BOSILJEVACMajor · September 29, 1972
From Middletown
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · May 23, 1969
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1972
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.