Rank: Private First Class
Unit: G Troop, 2nd 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: 25-May-1944
Hometown: Phoenix, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 2-Sep-1966
Start of tour: 11-Aug-1967
Incident date: 30-Jan-1968
Date of casualty: 30-Jan-1968
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Misadventure.
Dennis Lee Pickard died from gunshot wound received while on ambush patrol when mistaken for a hostile force and hit by friendly fire.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Chase Cemetery, Lysander, New York, USA
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