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JACKIE LEE DENNY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1951 – February 4, 1971
Service recordJackie Lee Denny, of Buena Park, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 77
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Buena Park, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 77
- SAMUEL HOUSTON EBERHARTCaptain · February 4, 1971
- LARRY HUNTER MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1971
- DANIEL JERRY MULLENPrivate First Class · February 4, 1971
- GREGORY S SOMERSPrivate · February 4, 1971
From Buena Park
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICKSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- LARRY DON BUTLERSergeant · September 2, 1968
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- GLENN LOUIS SPARKSPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 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.