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DENNY LYNN ASHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1948 – April 28, 1969
Service recordDenny Lynn Asher, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 68
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 68
- ALFRED WILLIAM SPINNERSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- SHELDON ORA BARNESSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- HUGH BRADLEY BLEVINS JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- GALE LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 70
- WALTER LEE NUTT IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 72
- ROGER LEE WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 74
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.