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DENNY ALBERT BATTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1945 – December 12, 1967
Service recordDenny Albert Batty, of Campbell, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 83
- JERRY MARCO ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- DAVID EMIL AILIStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 84
- GERALD RAYMOND NEWBROUGHSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 84
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- MERLE ELDON ROBERTSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
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.