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DENNIS MILTON SOLLENBERGER
Fireman · U.S. Navy
May 26, 1948 – May 26, 1968
Service recordDennis Milton Sollenberger, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 26, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 1
- DAVID WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · May 26, 1968
- LUKE ANDREW SMITH JRPrivate · May 26, 1968
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- REID TYRONE STYERSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
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.