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DAVID ANDREW DENTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – June 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Andrew Denton, of Upland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Upland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 21
- HAROLD EDWARD GRAHAMLance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- LOUIS GEORGE HEILFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1968
- DWIGHT EARL HINMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- DENNIS RAY KINNARDFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1968
From Upland
- APIMENIO LARASergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- WAYNE JOSEPH BENESPrivate First Class · October 18, 1968
- ARTHUR JACK CARLPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.