DENNISTON MICHAEL E

CW2 Michael "Mike" E Denniston was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 10/28/2002 at the age of 53.1 from Heart attack
Hagarville, AR
Flight Classes 70-3 and 70-1
Date of Birth 09/25/1949
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 61 AHC in 70-71
This information was provided by Jim Beach

More detail on this person: Heart attack.Michael Edward "MIke" Denniston, 53, of Hagarville, formerly of the Altus-Ozark area, died on Monday, Oct. 28,2002 in Springdale hospital after suffering a heart attack Saturday night.

He was a helicopter pilot for Critical Air Medi-vac in La Grange, Texas. A graduate of Ozark High School, he attended the University of Arkansas and served as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, returning to the University of the Ozarks for a business degree. Born September 25,1949, in Fort Smith, he was the son of William Edward and Gerrie Farrah Davis Denniston.

Survivors include two daughters, Sara Elizabeth Denniston of Morrilton And Stephanie Ellen Denniston of Chicago, Ill.; his mother Gerrie Denniston of Hagarville; his father and step-mother, William and Marcia Denniston of Alix; a sister Lexia Denniston Collier of Springdale; a step-sister, Nellie Knight of Clarksville; and two nephews, Gentry and Justin Collier of Springdale. Memorial services will be at 2p.m. Saturday at Shaffer Funeralo Home Chapel in Ozark.

Memorials may be made to Needy Paws, animal Shelter in Clarksville, Arkansas.

Jim Beach, Starblazer 24, 1970-71, 61st AHC http://www.61ahc.org/

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Date posted on this site: 08/31/2024