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DENNIS OPAL BOLTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1948 – April 19, 1967
Service recordDennis Opal Bolton, of Bedford, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 47
- HAROLD JAMES ANABLESeaman Recruit · April 19, 1967
- WILLIAM WAYNE BISHOPSpecialist Five · April 19, 1967
- ROBERT EVERETT BROOKSLance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- SAMMY BRYAN BRUCEMaster Sergeant · April 19, 1967
From Bedford
- ROBERT LEE SCOFIELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- DAVID AUGUST ACTONHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- DALLAS DEWEY CUMMINGSPetty Officer Second Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- MONTY DOUGLAS PRUSHPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN TODDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- GEORGE SHERMAN GOODESpecialist Five · September 10, 1969
- MARK STEPHEN BUNDYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
- JERRY DEAN MARTINSergeant · November 3, 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.