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DANIEL DEE DENIPAH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1947 – December 28, 1967
Service recordDaniel Dee Denipah, of Tuba City, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 86
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Tuba City, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 86
- FRANK FLORIOLance Corporal · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE FRASERCorporal · December 28, 1967
- BYRON ADAMS GAINES JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- DANIEL LEE HAVENSSpecialist Five · December 28, 1967
From Tuba City
- HAROLD L BEGODYSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- RALFORD JOHN JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- OSCAR MALONEYSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
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.