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Col James Eugene Dennany
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Col James Eugene Dennany Veteran

Birth
Mattawan, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA
Death
12 Nov 1969 (aged 34)
Laos
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
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Courts of the Missing
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James Eugene Dennany
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
13th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date of Birth: March 05, 1935
Date of Death: November 12, 1969
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

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.
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At a point near Mahaxay village in Khammouane Province, about 30 miles east of Nakhon Phanom, the aircraft flown by Tucci and Dennany was struck by hostile fire and seen to crash and explode on impact. No parachutes were observed and no emergency beeper signals were heard. Tucci & Dennany were not heard from again.

This memorial is a cenotaph

James Eugene Dennany
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
13th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date of Birth: March 05, 1935
Date of Death: November 12, 1969
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

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.
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At a point near Mahaxay village in Khammouane Province, about 30 miles east of Nakhon Phanom, the aircraft flown by Tucci and Dennany was struck by hostile fire and seen to crash and explode on impact. No parachutes were observed and no emergency beeper signals were heard. Tucci & Dennany were not heard from again.

This memorial is a cenotaph


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