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JERRY ALLEN DENNIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1949 – October 31, 1970
Service recordJerry Allen Dennis, of Erwin, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Erwin, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 31
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS GARY EHLERSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- LEON EMMANUEL KISERSergeant First Class · October 31, 1970
From Erwin
- RICHARD FLOYD MASONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- GERALD ARTHUR PHILLIPSSpecialist Six · June 19, 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.