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DENNIS PREMOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1942 – May 6, 1968
Service recordDennis Premock, of Franklin, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Franklin, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 14
- TILGHMAN RICHARD MCLEMORECaptain · May 6, 1968
- KENNETH RAY NEWSOMELance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- PHILIP EUGENE PENNINGTONSergeant · May 6, 1968
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS HAROLD BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 38
- JAY ALAN COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 3
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 16
- WILBUR EUGENE SMITH JRSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Franklin
- PAUL BERNARD MADDENCorporal · August 28, 1966
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.