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DENNIS WAYNE GENTRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1950 – September 13, 1970
Service recordDennis Wayne Gentry, of Athens, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 61
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Athens, Georgia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 61
- DENNIS LEE DAVESSergeant · September 13, 1970
- DANIEL RICHARD FENNSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- GARRISON DAVID FIELDSSpecialist Five · September 13, 1970
- DANIEL MACOM HEDGESPrivate First Class · September 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CURVIN CLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 60
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 60
- JAMES TAYLOR WALDRONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 62
- TYRONE CALVIN WATSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 63
From Athens
- LEROY IRELANDStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- JOE DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 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.