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DENNIS PAUL NEELEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1947 – January 12, 1967
Service recordDennis Paul Neeley, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 16
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- LLOYD CHARLES LAUGERMANLance Corporal · January 12, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.