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DAVID LESTER DENNY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1947 – October 18, 1966
Service recordDavid Lester Denny, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 89
- BRUCE LAMAR SIMPSONPrivate First Class · October 18, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT SLAGERCorporal · October 18, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- HUBERT TUCK JRPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.