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JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1948 – August 17, 1966
Service recordJimmie Bryson Denney, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 17, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 15
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
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 15
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- WALTER JOSEPH DECOTAMajor · August 17, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS KRUEGERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DONALD MAURICE SINGERColonel · August 17, 1966
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- SIDNEY LAMAR LEONARDCaptain · February 10, 1968
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.