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DENNIS MICHAEL HYLAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – August 5, 1968
Service recordDennis Michael Hyland, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 14
- WILLIAM BERNARD DECKERSpecialist Four · August 5, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- DWIGHT SANFORD HOWELLLance Corporal · August 5, 1968
- THOMAS GORDON HUDSONStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY KIMSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 15
- GARY MICHIEL MABREYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 15
- JAMES LYNN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 16
- BLAINE CLARENCE SCHAFFERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 16
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.