Personal Information:
| Member Status: | Profile | | First MI Last Name: | Donald D Denton | | Nickname: | The Buddha - 3D | | Email: | beowulf_me_AT_yahoo_DOT_com | | City: | Ashland | | State: | Virginia | | ZIP: | 20005 | | Country: | United States | | Gender: | Male | | Homepage: | | | Occupation: | Minister | | Company: | Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care | | Company Web Site: | www.vipcare.org | | USMC: | | Years in-out: | 1966-1972 | | Vietnam in-out: | 1968-1969 | | MOS-Language: | 2571/2576 | | Last Rank: | USMC-Sgt |
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| Now | Then |  |  |
| Conflicts I was awarded medals | | | Vietnam |
| War zone locations - year | US Naval Ships - year |
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| Vietnam: An Hoa | 1968 |
| Vietnam: Danang | 1968 | | Vietnam: Hill 10 | 1968 | | Vietnam: Hill 55 | 1968 | | Vietnam: Hill 64 | 1968 | | Vietnam: Hill 327 | 1968 | | Vietnam: Hoi An | 1968 |
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| US CT locations - year |
Other CT locations - year |
| Camp Lejeune, NC | 1967 |
| Camp Pendelton, CA | 1967 |
| Ft Devens, MA | 1967 |
| Pensacola, FL | 1967 |
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USMC Travels: MCRD San Diego, Company K - Pensacola, 2nd Radio Bn. - Camp Lejune, Marine Detachment = Ft. Devens, 2nd Radio Bn., Sub Unit #1 - 1st Radio Bn (Hill 327, Hill 55, Hill 10, Ba Na, and points west in Arizona Territory). Anyone who served with me will remember me from Hill 327 as "The Buddha".
Personal Quote: Sometimes God loves us too much to give us what we ask for...or deserve! Hobbies: Long distance swimming, hiking, weight lifting, reading biographies, writing poetry and essays.
Board member of Tet '68: www.tet68.org
News: October 2008 - Published second book, "Naming the Pain and Guiding the Care: The Central Tasks of Diagnosis." Available directly and signed from me for $40 or from the publisher, University Press of America.
September, 2008 - Appointed to Adjunct Faculty at University of Maryland University College. I teach in their on-line Homeland Security Management graduate certificate program.
Married in 2004. Buying a condo in 2006. Stay tuned!
One USMC son serving with 15MEU; One USMC son serving with MALS-31; One non-USMC son working on statuary for display at The Virginia War Memorial. Semper Fi, indeed!
Provided opening prayer at dedication of "Paul and Phyllis Galanti Educatio Center," Richmond, Virginia (2011). |
USMC, SIGINT/EW Marines
