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DENVER DEWEY COLBURN JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1941 – January 8, 1968
Service recordDenver Dewey Colburn JR, of Brooksville, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ch-46 Pilot (I) (7561)
- Born
- February 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Brooksville, Florida (Hernando County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 81
- FREDDIE ANDRAY BLACKBURNMaster Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- DELL ROSS CLAIBORNEPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- PHELON HERMAN COLECorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CRAMERMajor · January 8, 1968
From Brooksville
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- CHARLES BRIAN KEATHLEYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · May 30, 1969
- WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
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.