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DENNIS RICHARD CANTLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 10, 1945 – March 20, 1968
Service recordDennis Richard Cantler, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 38
- THEODORE BELTONCorporal · March 20, 1968
- JOSEPH J CASSIDY JRSergeant · March 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES CORDIASpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- BRUCE ALVIN COUILLARDCaptain · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN MADDUXCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 41
- JAMES ALAN PATTONSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 42
- FRANKLIN A SAPPINGFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 42
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.