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DENNIS WAYNE HAMMOND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1946 – February 8, 1968
Service recordDennis Wayne Hammond, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Freight Operations Clerk (3111)
- Unit (as recorded)
- CAP E2 CACE CAG 2 111 MAF
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 8, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 38E, Line 29
- LANNY EARL HALESpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- JOHN IRVINE HASELBAUERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.