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SIDNEY EDWARD DENTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1946 – June 13, 1967
Service recordSidney Edward Denton, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 572 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- May 25, 1946
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 97
- JAMES LEE CUMISKEYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- AMBROSIO SALAZAR GRANDEAMajor · June 13, 1967
- DON LEE GRISBYCorporal · June 13, 1967
- GEORGE BURNS HAYSCaptain · June 13, 1967
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.