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EDWARD MICHAEL DENNULL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1950 – July 21, 1969
Service recordEdward Michael Dennull, of Lewisburg, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Lewisburg, Ohio (Preble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 28
- RICHARD STEVEN CLARECorporal · July 21, 1969
- ARCHIE GLENN CULVERSergeant First Class · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN CUTLERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- EDWARD SAMUEL HAMILTONPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ERNEST ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 27
- EDWARD SAMUEL HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 28
From Lewisburg
- EDGAR WILLIAM BLANKENSHIPSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY HANDSergeant · August 20, 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.