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DENNIS TUINSTRA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1948 – June 2, 1969
Service recordDennis Tuinstra, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 49
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 49
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · June 2, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · June 2, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · June 3, 1969
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
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.