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ALAN WAYNE DENNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – June 17, 1967
Service recordAlan Wayne Denney, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 118
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT COOKPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANDREW ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
- JOHN ARTHUR BRANTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 117
- EMANUEL KRIS BRICKHOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 117
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 118
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- JERRY ROBERT COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- RONALD DAVID EDENFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 119
- JAMES MELVIN ELCHERTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 119
- GARY JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 120
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 120
- ROBERT TAYLOR HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 121
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 121
- SAMMY LEE HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 121
- CHARLES WAYNE HOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 121
- CARL THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 122
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 122
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 123
- DOUGLAS ALFRED LOGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 123
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 123
- BOBBY MINTONSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 123
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MORROWSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 124
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 124
- STEPHEN M NOGGLESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 125
- WALLACE GREGORY NYEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 125
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.