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PAUL LESLIE DENNIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1949 – April 25, 1968
Service recordPaul Leslie Dennis, of Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 4
- ANDREW PHILLIP CORBINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN CROSSMANMajor · April 25, 1968
- LINDEN DALE EILER JRCorporal · April 25, 1968
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1968
From Cornwells Heights
- RONALD JAMES SIENGOSecond Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · May 6, 1968
- NEIL WILLIAM WEINTRAUBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES WEIDLEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1970
- GLENN HARRY ENGLISH JRStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
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.
