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ROBERT LEE DENMARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1951 – December 31, 1971
Service recordRobert Lee Denmark, of Cottonwood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 93
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Cottonwood, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 93
- WILLIAM YOUNG DUGGANLieutenant Colonel · December 31, 1971
- CHARLES RONALD EGGERSSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
- NEIL WADE JONESSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
- FREDERICK JOHN SUTTERCaptain · December 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NEIL WADE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 93
From Cottonwood
- SHERDIN JAY WATKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- KIRK ALVIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE DUVALSpecialist Four · May 30, 1970
- ROBERT LOWELL GREENSTREETSpecialist Five · May 26, 1971
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.