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DENTON JOSEPH HASDORFF
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1946 – June 12, 1968
Service recordDenton Joseph Hasdorff, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 32
- ROBERT CARROLL HAWKINSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- JOHN LEE HOLMESPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- LARRY DON HUMPHREYSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- CLIFFORD JENKINS JRSpecialist Four · June 12, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.