diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserDetail/UserDetail.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserDetail/UserDetail.jsx
index 840a39ed1d..72c4bdab6a 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserDetail/UserDetail.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserDetail/UserDetail.jsx
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Link, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { withI18n } from '@lingui/react';
 import { t } from '@lingui/macro';
-import { Button } from '@patternfly/react-core';
 
+import AlertModal from '@components/AlertModal';
+import { Button } from '@patternfly/react-core';
 import { CardBody, CardActionsRow } from '@components/Card';
+import ContentLoading from '@components/ContentLoading';
+import DeleteButton from '@components/DeleteButton';
 import { DetailList, Detail } from '@components/DetailList';
+import ErrorDetail from '@components/ErrorDetail';
 import { formatDateString } from '@util/dates';
+import { UsersAPI } from '@api';
 
 function UserDetail({ user, i18n }) {
   const {
@@ -21,6 +26,20 @@ function UserDetail({ user, i18n }) {
     is_system_auditor,
     summary_fields,
   } = user;
+  const [deletionError, setDeletionError] = useState(null);
+  const [hasContentLoading, setHasContentLoading] = useState(false);
+  const history = useHistory();
+
+  const handleDelete = async () => {
+    setHasContentLoading(true);
+    try {
+      await UsersAPI.destroy(id);
+      history.push(`/users`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      setDeletionError(error);
+    }
+    setHasContentLoading(false);
+  };
 
   let user_type;
   if (is_superuser) {
@@ -31,6 +50,10 @@ function UserDetail({ user, i18n }) {
     user_type = i18n._(t`Normal User`);
   }
 
+  if (hasContentLoading) {
+    return <ContentLoading />;
+  }
+
   return (
     <CardBody>
       <DetailList>
@@ -52,16 +75,38 @@ function UserDetail({ user, i18n }) {
         <Detail label={i18n._(t`Created`)} value={formatDateString(created)} />
       </DetailList>
       <CardActionsRow>
-        {summary_fields.user_capabilities.edit && (
-          <Button
-            aria-label={i18n._(t`edit`)}
-            component={Link}
-            to={`/users/${id}/edit`}
-          >
-            {i18n._(t`Edit`)}
-          </Button>
-        )}
+        {summary_fields.user_capabilities &&
+          summary_fields.user_capabilities.edit && (
+            <Button
+              aria-label={i18n._(t`edit`)}
+              component={Link}
+              to={`/users/${id}/edit`}
+            >
+              {i18n._(t`Edit`)}
+            </Button>
+          )}
+        {summary_fields.user_capabilities &&
+          summary_fields.user_capabilities.delete && (
+            <DeleteButton
+              name={username}
+              modalTitle={i18n._(t`Delete User`)}
+              onConfirm={handleDelete}
+            >
+              {i18n._(t`Delete`)}
+            </DeleteButton>
+          )}
       </CardActionsRow>
+      {deletionError && (
+        <AlertModal
+          isOpen={deletionError}
+          variant="danger"
+          title={i18n._(t`Error!`)}
+          onClose={() => setDeletionError(null)}
+        >
+          {i18n._(t`Failed to delete user.`)}
+          <ErrorDetail error={deletionError} />
+        </AlertModal>
+      )}
     </CardBody>
   );
 }
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserDetail/UserDetail.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserDetail/UserDetail.test.jsx
index 7e3b379e48..69ec4f36e7 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserDetail/UserDetail.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/UserDetail/UserDetail.test.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
 import { createMemoryHistory } from 'history';
 import { mountWithContexts, waitForElement } from '@testUtils/enzymeHelpers';
+import { UsersAPI } from '@api';
 import UserDetail from './UserDetail';
 import mockDetails from '../data.user.json';
 
+jest.mock('@api');
+
 describe('<UserDetail />', () => {
   test('initially renders succesfully', () => {
     mountWithContexts(<UserDetail user={mockDetails} />);
@@ -39,7 +43,36 @@ describe('<UserDetail />', () => {
     assertDetail('Created', `10/28/2019, 3:01:07 PM`);
   });
 
-  test('should show edit button for users with edit permission', async done => {
+  test('User Type Detail should render expected strings', async () => {
+    let wrapper;
+    wrapper = mountWithContexts(
+      <UserDetail
+        user={{
+          ...mockDetails,
+          is_superuser: false,
+          is_system_auditor: true,
+        }}
+      />
+    );
+    expect(wrapper.find(`Detail[label="User Type"] dd`).text()).toBe(
+      'System Auditor'
+    );
+
+    wrapper = mountWithContexts(
+      <UserDetail
+        user={{
+          ...mockDetails,
+          is_superuser: false,
+          is_system_auditor: false,
+        }}
+      />
+    );
+    expect(wrapper.find(`Detail[label="User Type"] dd`).text()).toBe(
+      'Normal User'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('should show edit button for users with edit permission', async () => {
     const wrapper = mountWithContexts(<UserDetail user={mockDetails} />);
     const editButton = await waitForElement(
       wrapper,
@@ -47,10 +80,9 @@ describe('<UserDetail />', () => {
     );
     expect(editButton.text()).toEqual('Edit');
     expect(editButton.prop('to')).toBe(`/users/${mockDetails.id}/edit`);
-    done();
   });
 
-  test('should hide edit button for users without edit permission', async done => {
+  test('should hide edit button for users without edit permission', async () => {
     const wrapper = mountWithContexts(
       <UserDetail
         user={{
@@ -65,7 +97,6 @@ describe('<UserDetail />', () => {
     );
     await waitForElement(wrapper, 'UserDetail');
     expect(wrapper.find('UserDetail Button[aria-label="edit"]').length).toBe(0);
-    done();
   });
 
   test('edit button should navigate to user edit', () => {
@@ -79,4 +110,35 @@ describe('<UserDetail />', () => {
       .simulate('click', { button: 0 });
     expect(history.location.pathname).toEqual('/users/1/edit');
   });
+
+  test('expected api call is made for delete', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountWithContexts(<UserDetail user={mockDetails} />);
+    await waitForElement(wrapper, 'UserDetail Button[aria-label="Delete"]');
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper.find('DeleteButton').invoke('onConfirm')();
+    });
+    expect(UsersAPI.destroy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test('Error dialog shown for failed deletion', async () => {
+    UsersAPI.destroy.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.reject(new Error()));
+    const wrapper = mountWithContexts(<UserDetail user={mockDetails} />);
+    await waitForElement(wrapper, 'UserDetail Button[aria-label="Delete"]');
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper.find('DeleteButton').invoke('onConfirm')();
+    });
+    await waitForElement(
+      wrapper,
+      'Modal[title="Error!"]',
+      el => el.length === 1
+    );
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper.find('Modal[title="Error!"]').invoke('onClose')();
+    });
+    await waitForElement(
+      wrapper,
+      'Modal[title="Error!"]',
+      el => el.length === 0
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/data.user.json b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/data.user.json
index 3ab136a9b6..fc71d1f128 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/data.user.json
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/User/data.user.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "summary_fields": {
       "user_capabilities": {
           "edit": true,
-          "delete": false
+          "delete": true
       }
   },
   "created": "2019-10-28T15:01:07.218634Z",