
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 2-Jun-1948
Hometown: Orange, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 7-Sep-1968
Incident date: 25-Nov-1968
Date of casualty: 25-Nov-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Misadventure.
Dennis Eugene Naylor died from wounds received while on combat operation when a friendly grenade detonated.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 968 436*
Place of interment: Memory Garden Memorial Park, Brea, California, USA
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