ROBERT E.
DENNEY served with the U.S. Marines in China and on Guam. In 1950 he
entered the Army, serving in the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was wounded in
action in Korea and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with "V" device,
and Purple Heart. Graduating from the Warrant Officer's Flight Program in 1956
as a helicopter pilot, he went on to become an assistant project officer for
the testing of low-level navigation systems for helicopters. For his
performance during these tests, he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. For
various actions in Vietnam, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross,
Bronze Star (OLC), several air medals, and another Purple Heart.
On
retirement in 1967 as a major in the Signal Corps, Denney pursued his lifelong
interest in the Civil War, an avocation which he attributes to the influence of
a high school history teacher who in the early 1940s "peppered his American
history classes with tales he remembered [from his youth] as told by the
veterans, and stories of rural Indiana in the late 1800s."
A retired
computer systems consultant, Denney is married, has four children and three
grandsons, and is a member and past president of the Civil War Round Table of
Washington, DC. He is also a member of the Lincoln Group of Washington, DC.
Robert E. Denney, Major, United States Army (ret) died on June 22,
2002. His current URL is:
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/redenney.htm. |
