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NEAL ALBERT DENNING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1947 – May 12, 1966
Service recordNeal Albert Denning, of Willow Springs, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 52
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Willow Springs, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 52
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · May 12, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- JAMES H GRAYStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
- GEORGE MALCOLM HIGHTOWERSergeant · May 12, 1966
From Willow Springs
- WILLIE WOODSON WILKERSONMaster Sergeant · July 23, 1966
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.