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DOUGLASS J DENNIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 28, 1944 – February 8, 1968
Service recordDouglass J Dennis, of Artesia, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Artesia, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 25
- GEORGE ROBERT DENSLOWSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- GUY DOUGLAS DICKIEPrivate · February 8, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS DILLMANSergeant · February 8, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE FRANCEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BARBURYPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 20
- JOSEPH B BOWMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 21
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 28
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 32
- JAMES RICHARD NEALPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 35
- SPENCER BYRD POWERS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 37
- LAWRENCE KAY TUTTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 41
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 41
From Artesia
- SAMUEL MEDINA RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- ANTHONY MAC CASSCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JERRY ELMER THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
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.