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JAMES DALE HENNESSEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – June 18, 1969
Service recordJames Dale Hennessey, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 77
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 77
- ALAN HEALD GREENLAWSergeant · June 18, 1969
- WALTER JOE LOUIS GRIFFINPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- HAROLD FREDRICK HAWKINSCorporal · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY JERRY CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 74
- HARRY G DIEHLPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 75
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 75
- CHARLES WILLIAM EMMERTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 75
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 76
- MICHAEL LEONARD HODGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 78
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 78
- AURELE LIONEL LUCIEN MARCSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 79
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 80
- PAUL REYES NARVAEZSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 81
- JOSEPH FREDERICK SMITH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 82
From Mt Clemens
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 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.