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DENNIS THOMAS DARLING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1950 – March 20, 1971
Service recordDennis Thomas Darling, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 60
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 60
- WILLIAM BURDON BEARDSLEYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1971
- JOHN JACOBSEN CHUBBPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDERSergeant · March 20, 1971
- JOHN FRANCIS DUGANCaptain · March 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD KOSCHKESergeant · Panel 4W, Line 61
- JAMES DANIEL SCHOOLEYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 62
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.