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DENTON RAY SLACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1945 – July 2, 1967
Service recordDenton Ray Slack, of Fordsville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 115
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Fordsville, Kentucky (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 115
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- MARSHALL GEORGE STEFFANSPrivate · July 2, 1967
- WILLIAM LUTHER STEVENSONPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
From Fordsville
- ROGER DALE COOPERSergeant · April 8, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS SEATONSergeant · September 25, 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.