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WALTER KENON DENNIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1917 – February 12, 1970
Service recordWalter Kenon Dennis, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 52. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 131
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Imagery Analyst (96D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SOG MACV
- Born
- August 18, 1917
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 52
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 131
- CHARLES PAUL DUESSENTPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- DANIEL ALAN FREYCorporal · February 12, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS GENITTIPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL GIBBONSCaptain · February 12, 1970
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.