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DENNIS WILFRED MARCOTTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – September 25, 1967
Service recordDennis Wilfred Marcotte, of Hancock, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Hancock, Michigan (Houghton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 11
- WILLIAM C JOHNSON JRCorporal · September 25, 1967
- GREGORY JOSEPH KASPERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- JOHN LESTER KITZMILLERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- PATRICK JOHN MCGUIREPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD J STURGILL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 13
From Hancock
- EDWARD LOUIS KOLKASergeant · March 2, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT LONGStaff Sergeant · July 26, 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.