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DENNIS RICHARD VOLK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordDennis Richard Volk, of Aberdeen, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, South Dakota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 20
- TRUMAN JOSEPH MCMANUSLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- THOMAS J MORRISSEY JRCorporal · June 5, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- TONY VALDEZ NASTORCorporal · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY LEE THEURKAUFSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 23
From Aberdeen
- RONALD RUSSELL SCHNAIDTAirman First Class · April 5, 1967
- CHARLES J MILBRANDTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- VERN JACOB FRIEDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · June 3, 1970
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
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.