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DENNIS STEVEN TOTCOFF
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordDennis Steven Totcoff, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 19
- MICHAEL AUTREY TEAGUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 2, 1968
- HOWARD MICHAEL THOMPSONSergeant · May 2, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT TURNER JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- CLYDE JULIUS VALSTADPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEONARD ABRAHAMCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 44
- LEON GONZA HAMILTON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 8
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHESPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 9
- RICHARD HERBERT NALEYSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 14
- MARK JOSEPH ROMANPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 16
- JULIUS LEMUEL WALKER JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.