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JOSEPH HENRY DENIG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1946 – August 20, 1970
Service recordJoseph Henry Denig, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 125
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 125
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1970
- FURMAN DAVID HUGHESPrivate · August 20, 1970
- MARSHALL KEENE JONESSergeant · August 20, 1970
- DON MANACPrivate First Class · August 20, 1970
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
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.