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DENNIS W MALEWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1945 – March 9, 1966
Service recordDennis W Malewski, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 133
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- CLARENCE EARL MCKINNISPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- EDWARD PEREALance Corporal · March 9, 1966
- DELBERT RAY PETERSONMajor · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 131
- WILLIAM DAVID DORFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 131
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 131
- PAUL E LABRECQUE JRCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 132
- CLARENCE EARL MCKINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 133
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 134
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- COLINNA FEEMSTERSpecialist Four · September 1, 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.