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EARL MERRILL DENEEN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1946 – April 27, 1969
Service recordEarl Merrill Deneen, of International Falls, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 61
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- International Falls, Minnesota (Koochiching County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 61
- MICHAEL EUGENE COURTRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS CROWSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- RICHARD IRA CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- BERTRAND JAHN DACEYCaptain · April 27, 1969
From International Falls
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- ANTON PROSZEK JRSpecialist Five · April 27, 1967
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN LONGTINEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 1969
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.