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JERRY EDWARD DENSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1946 – September 27, 1968
Service recordJerry Edward Denson, of Old Hickory, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Old Hickory, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 28
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- DONALD LEE ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- MITCHELL LAWRENCE FIRMINSpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
- RONALD LESTER GRANVILLESpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
From Old Hickory
- JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONGSergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOHN RAY STASHONSKYPrivate First Class · July 30, 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.