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DENNIS MICHAEL TOPOLINSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – January 18, 1970
Service recordDennis Michael Topolinski, of Mt Morris, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 45
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Morris, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 45
- ROBERT LEE WILLETTSergeant · January 18, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH WITEKSergeant · January 18, 1970
- RAYMOND JOHN AQUINOPrivate · January 19, 1970
- MARION CROOM JRSergeant · January 19, 1970
From Mt Morris
- NORMAN LEE ROY HOYTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD GREENCorporal · March 26, 1968
- DAVID LEE ADAMSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY STOUT IIISpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
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.