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DENNIS RICHARD LINNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1950 – November 11, 1970
Service recordDennis Richard Linnell, of Mt Vernon, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Washington (Skagit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 52
- RONALD J DIBARTOLOMEOSergeant · November 11, 1970
- GREGORY LEE WHITESpecialist Five · November 11, 1970
- ROYCE LEE ADDINGTONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
From Mt Vernon
- EDWARD LEROY BROCKSergeant · December 21, 1966
- EDWARD JAMES JACOBS JRCommander · August 25, 1967
- STEPHEN BROOKS MURDENFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- RONALD ALBERT GREENWALDSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JAMES DREW SCHMIDTSergeant · July 17, 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.