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GREGORY JOHN D DENTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – July 28, 1969
Service recordGregory John D Denton, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 64
- JERRY DENNIS DEMARCUSSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ELLISLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- PAUL EUGENE FABRISICorporal · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 63
- DANIEL GENE CASEYSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 63
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.