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DAVID RAMIRO DENNA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1947 – August 5, 1970
Service recordDavid Ramiro Denna, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 84
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 84
- JAMES K ANDERSONCorporal · August 5, 1970
- STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCIPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MANUEL LEVI DICKSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- GERALD LOUIS HAMILTONSergeant · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MONTE WAYNE FORRESTCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 85
- ROBERT VELASQUEZCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 87
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.