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JOHN FRANKLIN DENEEN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1947 – January 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Franklin Deneen JR, of Central City, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Central City, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 57
- GEORGE GERALD CARLOUGHCorporal · January 22, 1969
- CORNELIOUS P DUKELOW IIPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FARRELLPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- EARL KAY ZIEGLERFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
From Central City
- EDWARD GEORGE SALONISHPetty Officer First Class · October 17, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANK BURINDA JRFireman · February 27, 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.