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PAUL JONES DENNIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1943 – May 4, 1967
Service recordPaul Jones Dennis, of Bronson, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 36
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Bronson, Texas (Sabine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 36
- ALLEN FRED CHAVESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDERSON CRENSHAWCaptain · May 4, 1967
- RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- ALEXANDER FOREPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 36
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 38
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 38
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 38
- RICHARD K WHITFIELDStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 41
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.