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DENNIS MICHAEL ORBINO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1948 – March 25, 1969
Service recordDennis Michael Orbino, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 39
- GENE ORVILLE BLOSKYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- DARREL GENE NAPIERCorporal · March 25, 1969
- AVEY PRESLEYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.