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DENHAM A WHITESELL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1938 – December 2, 1968
Service recordDenham A Whitesell JR, of Staunton, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 27
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Staunton, Virginia (Staunton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 27
- ARTHUR WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · December 3, 1968
- WALTER TIMOTHY BAHLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
From Staunton
- WOODROW MELVIN FITZGERALDCaptain · October 24, 1963
- DWIGHT POLLARD BOWLESMajor · November 3, 1965
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JERRY HOGUE HEIZERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- CLARENCE WILLIS OBIE IIILance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH RICHARDS JRCorporal · May 10, 1968
- VICTOR LEE ELLINGERFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1970
- FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGESpecialist Four · November 28, 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.