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CLAUDE CHARLES DENARDIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – June 27, 1969
Service recordClaude Charles Denardis, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 22
- KEVIN GERRY ALDAMSpecialist Four · June 27, 1969
- FREDDIE LAWS DANIELSpecialist Four · June 27, 1969
- ARTHUR RAYMOND DAVISCorporal · June 27, 1969
- FOSTER EARL HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED HENRY KUNKEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 23
- PHILIP MASTRAMICOSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 24
- HUMBERTO RUIZ SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 25
- MICHAEL ALONZO WELLSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 26
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
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.