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WILLIAM R DENNIS III
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
July 7, 1946 – March 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam R Dennis III, of Lawrence, Kansas, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 18, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 104
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Control Technician (Gun Fire Control) (FTG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- July 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Kansas (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 104
- DONALD HARRY BROWERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER WILMER DAVISSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
From Lawrence
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- DELBERT LEROY RYANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- DAVID PARKER GIBSONCaptain · April 8, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE DILLONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- RAYMOND VENSON BROWNINGCorporal · October 12, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT BOWMANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- LONNIE GUY LEBOMBARBSergeant · February 9, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYDSeaman · March 25, 1968
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
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.