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DENNIS WILLIAM BINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 12, 1947 – July 17, 1969
Service recordDennis William Bingham, of Chariton, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Chariton, Iowa (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 10
- PAUL WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE EMEIGHStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1969
- ARLIN DALE FRANKENCorporal · July 17, 1969
- NOEL KEITH GARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT D ANDRADESergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 9
From Chariton
- DENNIS RICHARD LEVISSergeant · July 20, 1970
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.