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DENNIS STANLEY MALEC
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1948 – July 18, 1968
Service recordDennis Stanley Malec, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 6
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- ALVIN MACK LASTER JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- THOMAS GLEN LEDUCCorporal · July 18, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
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.