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RANDALL MORRIS DENTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1951 – July 29, 1969
Service recordRandall Morris Denton, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 69
- RICHARD THOMAS BLAKESergeant · July 29, 1969
- DANIEL ALPHONSE BOLDUCCorporal · July 29, 1969
- PERRY NATHANIEL BROWNINGStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
- JAMES PHILLIP CHITTWOODFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 70
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 71
- JAMES CARL KOTRCMajor · Panel 20W, Line 71
- BRUCE MAGNUS LANGAUNETCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 72
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 74
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 74
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 1968
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.