James Eugene Dennany

Vietnam War
Unit13th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromKalamazoo Michigan
Date of DeathNovember 12 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Colonel Dennany was a member of the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Udorn Airfield, Thailand. On November 12, 1969, he was the co-pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission near Mahaxay village, Khammouane Province, Laos about 30 miles east of Nakhon Phanom, when his aircraft was struck by hostile fire, crashed and exploded. His remains were recovered and identified on September 8, 2010. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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