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MERLE ALLEN DENTINO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – June 30, 1970
Service recordMerle Allen Dentino, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 103
- HOWARD EUGENE CAFFERYSergeant · June 30, 1970
- JUAN COLON-DIAZSergeant First Class · June 30, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANK DEANStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUAN COLON-DIAZSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 103
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 103
- JOHN LAWRENCE BURGESSSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 104
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 105
- STEPHEN LOUIS KLEINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 106
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 106
- GARRY MONZEL SHANNONSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 107
- MICHAEL ROY WATERSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 108
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 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.