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DENNIS MICHAEL WARGO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1947 – May 9, 1967
Service recordDennis Michael Wargo, of Clairton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 76
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Clairton, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 76
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TOMMIE JOE WHITTENGunnery Sergeant · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Clairton
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- TERRY LYLE BOOTHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · May 1, 1970
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 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.