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DENNIS RAY PUCKETT
Seaman · U.S. Navy
April 15, 1947 – March 29, 1967
Service recordDennis Ray Puckett, of Lees Summit, Missouri, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 29, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 68
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Lees Summit, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 68
- STEVEN SAM CHOY CHINGSpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- JAMES ELMORE HARRELLLance Corporal · March 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- JIM EDWARD OESTRIECHSpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
From Lees Summit
- LARRY WYATT KILGORECorporal · October 20, 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.