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DENNIS WILLIAM SYDOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – July 4, 1969
Service recordDennis William Sydor, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 63
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 63
- MICHAEL THOMAS SHUEMAKERCorporal · July 4, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL STICKSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- LANCE WILFRED STLAURENTSpecialist Five · July 4, 1969
- FLOYD WATTSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DREW MARLIN GREENMANCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 59
- ALFRED WILLIE HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 60
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.