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JAMES WALTER DENNIS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1945 – March 18, 1966
Service recordJames Walter Dennis JR, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 20
- THERON SPENCER DEMPSEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 1966
- GASTON DAVID GODFREYCorporal · March 18, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK HORNBYCorporal · March 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 21
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 22
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- MALCOLM CARLIS SMITHLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
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.