Americans with the Denune (or Denoon) family name
with military service up to 1945
This list is not exhaustive.
Underlined veterans have individual pages dedicated to them.

• William Denune of Queen Anne County, Maryland (1741 - 1778?)
  According to Denune family history as transmitted to the Chronicle, by John B. Denune of Ohio: William Denune was one of the minutemen who marched from Maryland to Boston for the battle of Bunker Hill and was one of Washington's first soldiers. There is no record of him later than the winter of 1777-1778, and it is quite probable that he succumbed at Valley Forge. (Government records make no account of William Denune taking the 1778 Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity in Maryland.)

 
• John DuVall Denune of Maryland and Ohio (1766? - 1838)
  from REGISTER OF MARYLAND'S HERALDIC FAMILIES, Harry Wright Newman, p. 138, under "Denune":
       . . . John Denune, b--1767, large of stature and tall for his years, enlisted in the 6th Maryland Regiment in 1780. Thirteen years of age, he took advantage of his size and appearance in his enthusiasm and patriotic desire to play a part in the struggle for freedom. On January 17th, 1798, John Denune m--the regal titian-haired Sarah Burrell beauty and belle of Queen Anne Town, dau-- of Alexander Burrell and Eleanor Dent Burrell and grand-dau--of Peter Dent and Mary Brooke Dent. The rainbow hued silk of Sarah Burrell's wedding gown was especially woven for her in France and a replica of this gown was worn by her great, great grand-dau--Sarah Adalaide Denune on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. Ralph Strang in 1912.
       "represented himself as older than fact when enlisted - som of his family were ashamed of this -" (notation by J. B. Denune to Wayne Denune, 1989)
   
  excerpt from an essay (ca. 1930) by Ethel Denune Young:
       On March 1st, 1780, John Denune, just a lad, enlisted in the 6th Maryland regiment as a musician. He played the drum and the fife and acted as messenger. In the last capacity he was most valuable since he was an expert horseman and fearless. He had many narrow escapes from death, sometimes from the English and sometimes from the Indians. An account of one of his experiences in escaping from Indians who pursued him was published in an early reader. Lucy Washington Denune Agler gave the [volume] to her daughter Lavinia Agler Cornwall who treasured it for many years. It was significant of the living conditions endured in the Revolutionary War by families only recently quite prosperous, that the records show there was ordered for John Denune immediately following his enlistment, a suit of cloths [sic].
       John Denune remained in service until the end of the war in 1783 and engaged in the battles of Guilford Court House, Camden, Seige of Ninty Six [sic], and Eulaw Springs. He received from the government a tract of land known as Land Grant No. 1909. He never developed this land and after the death of his widow Sarah Burrell Denune this tract was sold to Jacob Markell in 1850. It amounted to 144 and one fourth acres. John Denune was wounded in the hand in service and the use of this hand was permanently impaired. With the increasing burden of a large family, a financial depression sweeping the country, worse even that that following the world war, and another war with England impending, he decided to remove his family to Ohio. He overlooked the fact that in Ohio there was no slave labor available and a man with limited finances must labor with his hands for a living. In1820 he applied for a pension and his claim was granted. John Denune lived for some time in or near Franklinton west of Columbus, at that time, and the county seat of Franklin County. The census of 1830 records him a resident of Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Ohio, John Denune sr. At that time his son John Denune jr. was also living in Hamilton township. John Denune died November 28th, 1838, his death resulting from injuries suffered from a fall. he was buried in the family lot on the Denune farm, near Mifflinville, Franklin County. About forty years later his remains were removed and reinterred on the Denune burial lot in Riverside Cemetery in Mifflin Township in Franklin County. His grave was marked with a bronze tablet by the Columbus Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

 
• Samuel David Denoon of Richmond, Virginia (1808 - 1865)
  enlisted, Richmond Light Infantry Blues, 1 July 1826 (honorary membership conferred, 28 July 1841). Uncle of Charles Edward, John Jefferson, and James J. Denoon, below.

 
• Charles Edward Denoon of Powhatan County, Virginia (1832 - 1864)
  Lieutenant, Confederate States Army, 1861 - 1864, 41st Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Killed in action, 30 July 1864, at "Battle of the Crater," near Petersburg, VA. Brother of John Jefferson and James J. Denoon, below; nephew of Samuel David Denoon, above.

 
• John Jefferson Denoon of Powhatan County, Virginia (1820 - 1897)
  Draftee with parole following service as Private in Powhatan Artillery, Col. Dance's Battery, Confederate States Army. Discharged 6 July 1862. Brother of Charles Edward, above, and James J. Denoon, below; nephew of Samuel David Denoon, above.

 
• James J. Denoon of Powhatan County, Virginia (b. 1838)
  Captain, 102nd Virginia Militia, injured in a fall from a train. Discharged, 21 March 1862. Brother of Charles Edward and John Jefferson Denoon, above; nephew of Samuel David Denoon, above.

 
• Elisha Simmons Denoon of Shoal Creek Township, Appanoose County, Iowa (1811 - 1888)
  Noted as "Civil War Veteran" in family history

 
• Elias Denoon of Marshall County, West Virginia, and Boone County, Indiana (1843 - 1924)
  Private, Company I, 15th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, United States Army. Served until wounded in 1863. (Source, http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/wvamuster.html)

 
• James Fouts Denoon of Richland County, Ohio, and of Novinger, Adair County, Missouri (1846 - 1925)
  United States Army, 1864 - 1867.

 
• James Frank Denoon of Indiana (1879 - 1960)
  United States Army, 1899 - 1903
  In the 1900 U.S. Census, Frank is listed as "Private, Company G, 8th Infantry; Sara, Island of Panay, Philippines." By his own account, in the absence of clergy Frank served as company chaplain for burials and worship services.

 
• James "Big Jim" DeNoon of Missouri and California
  Service during the second World War, United States Army, Pacific Theater.

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