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MANUEL REYES DENTON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 18, 1941 – October 8, 1963
Service recordManuel Reyes Denton, of Kerrville, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 MAW AIR FMF PAC
- Born
- June 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Kerrville, Texas (Kerr County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 29
- JAMES HAROLD JOHNSON JRCaptain · October 3, 1963
- FRANKLIN RALPH WHITEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1963
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- DANIEL KEPNER LESSIGFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1963
From Kerrville
- ANTHONY EDMOND KUNZSergeant · May 4, 1967
- RONALD HOWARD PFEUFFERLance Corporal · July 27, 1967
- RICHARD BILL LOZANOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- DUANE AARON JOHNSONSergeant · August 13, 1968
- CURTIS CLEVELAND DEESSergeant First Class · May 5, 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.