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DENNIS RUSSEL GUSTAFSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – May 4, 1969
Service recordDennis Russel Gustafson, of Wentworth, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Wentworth, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 111
- WALTER SAMUEL HATHAWAYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN HEINRICHPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- BOBBY RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- PEDRO MIGUEL MAESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
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.