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DENNIS W MOURGELAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 21, 1944 – June 6, 1968
Service recordDennis W Mourgelas, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 11
- LUIS FERNANDO PALACIOSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM HILL PARKERLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- PAUL JOHN PELLETIERSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- TERRANCE ALAN PICCIANOLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT ISHMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 59W, Line 6
- ZACK WILLIAM NAPIERSpecialist Five · Panel 59W, Line 10
- ANGELO CARMELO SANTIAGOSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 13
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.