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THOMAS GEORGE DENNING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1947 – March 2, 1967
Service recordThomas George Denning, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Lawrenceburg, Indiana (Dearborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 1
- JOHN WAYNE BARKERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD BART BLINDERCorporal · March 2, 1967
- PAUL LAMAR CARTERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- GUADALUPE B L GARIBAYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1967
From Lawrenceburg
- LARY DALE FOGLEPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- ROBERT JOE WILLIAMSONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- RONALD ALVIN HOFFSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
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.