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LARRY WAYNE DENNIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – September 21, 1969
Service recordLarry Wayne Dennis, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 119
- CHARLES LEON ATKISONLance Corporal · September 21, 1969
- GROVER BOWENPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- GREGORIO PEDRO CASTILLOPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- ALAN BRUCE CECILSpecialist Five · September 21, 1969
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 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.