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DENNIS WILLIAM WEAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – September 10, 1968
Service recordDennis William Wear, of Billings, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 20
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 20
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCANNELLPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- PETE WILLIAM SOBACKIPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- PAUL JOHN STEWARTLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- TERRY LEE STOUTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- PETER STEVEN TYRKAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE WAYNE BOGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 14
- RALPH WILLIAM BYRNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 15
- BERNIE ROSALES JRCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 19
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.