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JACK DENNIS RENFRO
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
April 22, 1939 – November 7, 1966
Service recordJack Dennis Renfro, of Overland Park, Kansas, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 39
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Corps (3100)
- Born
- April 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Overland Park, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 39
- EDWARD RYLAND STANTON IICorporal · November 7, 1966
- DAVID ELLIS THREADGILLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- TED NORMAN TOLZMANNPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
From Overland Park
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- JEFFERY CLARK MCTEERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMANLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 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.