JACK D. RENFRO, LT, USN
Jack Renfro '62
Lucky Bag
From the 1962 Lucky Bag:
Jack Dennis Renfro
Kansas City, Kansas
A native of Kansas City, Denny entered the enlisted ranks of the Navy upon graduation from Wyandotte High School. With ET School under his belt and on his way to nuclear school, Denny decided to choose USNA over an NROTC scholarship to Kansas University. While at Navy he discovered his natural ability as a pistol shot and worked constantly to become Navy's best, attaining Navy's varsity immediately upon completion of plebe year. Along with an active social life, Denny always worked with quiet diligence on his academics, solving every problem as he came to it. His principle interest is focused on Naval Air, but whatever his final decision, the Navy is gaining a capable and dedicated officer.
Jack Dennis Renfro
Kansas City, Kansas
A native of Kansas City, Denny entered the enlisted ranks of the Navy upon graduation from Wyandotte High School. With ET School under his belt and on his way to nuclear school, Denny decided to choose USNA over an NROTC scholarship to Kansas University. While at Navy he discovered his natural ability as a pistol shot and worked constantly to become Navy's best, attaining Navy's varsity immediately upon completion of plebe year. Along with an active social life, Denny always worked with quiet diligence on his academics, solving every problem as he came to it. His principle interest is focused on Naval Air, but whatever his final decision, the Navy is gaining a capable and dedicated officer.
Loss
Jack was lost on November 7, 1966 when he was involved in a vehicle accident in Da Nang, South Vietnam, while serving with Mobile Construction Battalion 6.
Other Information
From the January 1967 issue of Shipmate:
Lt. Renfro, who was born in Kansas City, MO., served in the U.S. Navy before entering the Naval Academy, from where he was graduated in 1962. He was an expert rifle and pistol shot, was the 1962 captain of the Naval Academy pistol team, and was a member of the All American Pistol Squad in 1962 and of the All Navy pistol team.
After completing the Naval Supply Corps School at Athens, GA., in 1963, he served in USS Forrestal, then in Headquarters, Fifth Naval District, Norfolk. He became supply officer of MCB-6 in October 1965.
Surviving are his widow, the former Linda Lou Brooks of Norfolk, who is living at 8018 Danbury Drive, Norfolk: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Renfro of 6408 W. 81st St., Overland Park, KS. Lt. Renfro is also survived by a daughter, Michelle, who was born subsequent to his death.
Lt. Renfro is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Photographs
From the Lucky Bag
From the January 1967 issue of Shipmate.
Posted by Stew Lingley on 7/16/06
Remembrances
From Wall of Faces:
All your classmates pray for you, your wife and the daughter you never knew, Michelle. STEW LINGLEY, 7/16/06
"Denny" was an only child who left behind a wife, and a daughter he never got to see. His family is proud of him, he will always be a hero to us. KENNETH M. HOYLE, KMHOYLE2@YAHOO.COM, 12/12/04
Memorials
Jack is among those names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. As his loss was not due directly to hostile action, though, he does not appear in the Vietnam War section of the killed in action panel in Memorial Hall.
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