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DENNIS RAY MAXWELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1947 – December 19, 1968
Service recordDennis Ray Maxwell, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 45
- BEN HERVEY IDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY KOCAKFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE ORTIZ JRCorporal · December 19, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.