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WILLIAM ROY DENNIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1948 – April 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Roy Dennis, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 46
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 19, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 46
- KEVEN THOMAS DIREENPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- WILLFORD LEON DYERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- FRANK LOUIE FREEDLESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH BLODGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 44
- JOHN RICHARD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 45
- FRANK LOUIE FREEDLESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 46
- JESUS ARMANDO GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 47
- OREN B MCCARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 47
- HERBERT REIJI HAYASHIDAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 48
- ANTHONY FRANK HOUSHSergeant First Class · Panel 50E, Line 48
- PAUL NOBLE LARSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 49
- JANIS MICULSSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 50
- DENNIS EARL PAINTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 52
- WILLIS WILSON SMITH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51E, Line 3
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.