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DENNIS WADE NEAL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – April 15, 1970
Service recordDennis Wade Neal, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 9
- JIMMY HARRISON MCCLUNGSpecialist Five · April 15, 1970
- JOHN HOWARD POHLMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1970
- JOSE LUIS RIVASCorporal · April 15, 1970
- TRAVIS HENRY SCOTT JRCaptain · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL VINCENT KUROPASStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 7
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
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.