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Jeremiah Denton
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United States Senator from Alabama |
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In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
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Preceded by | Donald Stewart |
Succeeded by | Richard Shelby |
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Born | Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
July 15, 1924
Died | March 28, 2014 Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. |
(aged 89)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Katherine Jane Maury (1946–2007, her death) |
Alma mater | Spring Hill College United States Naval Academy National Defense University Naval War College George Washington University |
Awards | Navy Cross Defense Distinguished Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star (3) Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Medal (V) Air Medal Navy Commendation Medal (V) Purple Heart Combat Action Ribbon Prisoner of War Medal |
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Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Jeremiah Andrew Denton, Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was a United States Rear Admiral and a United States Senator. He spent almost eight years as a Prisoner of War (PoW) in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He later wrote a book which became a movie about those experiences. He was born in Mobile, Alabama.
Denton died from complications of a heart ailment on March 28, 2014 at a hospice in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 81 years old.
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Navy Captain Jeremiah Denton at Clark Air Base, Philippines, shortly after his release as a POW in Hanoi, in February 1973

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