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RICHARD EMERSON DENNY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – January 29, 1968
Service recordRichard Emerson Denny JR, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 59
- ROBERT NELSON BARBERYSergeant · January 29, 1968
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES AVERY DELLINGERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESTER STEPHEN KINARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 60
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 61
- ESTEBAN PENA ESTRADACorporal · Panel 35E, Line 62
- ROBERT WILLIAM NEHERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 62
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 64
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.