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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Herman Denney JR.

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WILLIAM HERMAN DENNEY JR

Captain · U.S. Army

November 6, 1939 – February 2, 1969

Service record

William Herman Denney JR, of Moorefield, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 33W · Line 37

Position of Panel 33W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
Unit (as recorded)
199 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
November 6, 1939
Home of record
Moorefield, West Virginia (Hardy County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 2, 1969
Age
29
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 33W, Line 37

Same unit, same day

From Moorefield

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.