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DENNIS VARIS LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1944 – January 28, 1969
Service recordDennis Varis Lee, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 8
- DON ROBERT KLEINPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- MERLE JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS LEE MORELANDSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- ALTON D PERCIVALPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDRE REMI BELLEMAREPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 5
- GARY EDWARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 6
- DON ROBERT KLEINPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 8
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 11
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 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.