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THADDEUS DENNIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1948 – April 11, 1971
Service recordThaddeus Dennis, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 118
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- MERLE DEWAYNE BROWNCaptain · April 11, 1971
- WILLIAM CARL BUERKMajor · April 11, 1971
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE RICHARD FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 117
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.