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DENNIS WAYNE SHEW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – September 11, 1969
Service recordDennis Wayne Shew, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 72
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 72
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 1969
- MARVIN RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · September 11, 1969
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- JERRY VAN RYANCorporal · September 11, 1969
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.