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DENNIS WAYNE BAXLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – August 9, 1970
Service recordDennis Wayne Baxley, of Orange, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 97
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 97
- IVERY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
- SHAWN GLEN CANNONWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTTSergeant · August 9, 1970
- WILBERT JASPER JONES JRStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1970
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 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.