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DENNIS MICHAEL LONGO
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1946 – June 18, 1968
Service recordDennis Michael Longo, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 24
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 24
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- AMOS DAVID LAWSONLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- LEROY LELAND JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- ANTHONY RAY LOVEPrivate · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER FRANCIS FONDASpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 18
- EDDIE LEE MAULDINCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 25
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.