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NORRIS JAMES DENTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1932 – July 4, 1966
Service recordNorris James Denton, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1932
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 129
- JOHNIE LEE BLOUNT JRCorporal · July 4, 1966
- STEPHEN CALEB FORRESTPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- JAMES OTTO GREGORY JRLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES L MOORESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 128
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.