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DENNY RAY EASTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – January 13, 1971
Service recordDenny Ray Easter, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 43
- HAROLD EDWARD CARRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1971
- ROBERT DALE HERTZWarrant Officer 1 · January 13, 1971
- JERRY LEE MOFFETTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1971
- ROBERT RAYMOND ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
From Brownsville
- JOHN EDWARD CAMINOPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES G ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1967
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.