FORCE RECON Ulstad, Dennis Elmer

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Ulstad​

• FORENAME

Dennis Elmer​

• UNIT

1 Recon Bn (E Company) (1 MarDiv)​

• RANK

Sergeant​

• NUMBER

2120343​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th January 1969​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Mountview Cemetery,Billings,Yellowstone County,Montana​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Billings,Montana​

born 18.9.1947 Fort Dodge,Iowa​

son of Kenneth L. and Kathryn M. Ulstad,29 8th Street West,Billings,Montana​

single​

moved to Billings 1957​

attended McKinley Grade School​

attended Lincoln Junior High School​

graduated Billings Senior High School 1965​

attended Rocky Mountain College (6 months)​

2 years service​

on his 3rd tour of Vietnam​

Boot Camp,San Diego 1966​

2 Infantry Training Regiment 1967​

Recon and Surveillance School 1967​

1 Recon Bn (A Company) 1967​

awards Bronze Star,Navy Commendation Medal (both for 1967)​

re-enlisted 22.11.1968 Dallas,Texas​

1 Recon Bn (E Company) 1968-69​

drowned (hostile) Quang Nam Province,South Vietnam​

lost his grip on helicopter ladder during extraction over a stream and drowned​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 34W Line 89​

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