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RONALD GENE DENNIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – December 24, 1969
Service recordRonald Gene Dennis, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 89
- FLOYD IRVY BEACHSergeant · December 24, 1969
- RONALD ARTHUR CHRISTENSergeant · December 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN DAHLSpecialist Four · December 24, 1969
- LAUREN DEAN FRITZSergeant · December 24, 1969
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.