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JAMES VIRL DENHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1946 – June 30, 1968
Service recordJames Virl Denham, of Richmond, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 23
- TERRY EUGENE DIFFENDERFERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- GEORGE BENNIE DUKESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS FIELDSSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY EUGENE DIFFENDERFERPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 23
- GEORGE ANTHONY SCORSONESergeant · Panel 54W, Line 25
From Richmond
- ARTHUR BRUMAGENSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1966
- ROBERT T SICKELSSergeant First Class · April 4, 1967
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- FRANKLIN RENFRO JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- BUFORD HARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · February 19, 1971
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.