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Denton, Joseph Benjamin, ADCS USN(Ret).
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Home Town Hemingway, SC
Last Address Starke, FL
Date of Passing Apr 28, 2003
Location of Interment Keystone Cemetery - Keystone Heights, Florida
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The Gainsville Sun, April 30, 2003 Obituary
STARKE - Joseph Benjamin Denton died Monday at Naval Air Station Hospital in Jacksonville after an extended illness. He was 58.
Born in Hemingway, SC, he moved to Starke in 1987. He worked in construction and was retired from the U.S. Navy, where he served 26 years as a jet mechanic, including duty with HA(L)-3 during the Vietnam War.
DENTON, JOSEPH BENJAMIN
SCPO US NAVY
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 01/28/1945
DATE OF DEATH: 04/28/2003
BURIED AT:
KEYSTONE CEMETERY
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FL 32656
(352) 473-3176
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Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - 1970
Name of Award Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Year Awarded 1970
Last Updated: Apr 18, 2012
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