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ANDREW JAMES DANIEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – February 2, 1968
Service recordAndrew James Daniel, of Nyack, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Nyack, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 69
- JOHN MYRON DASHNAWPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- DENNIS PATRICK DAYHospitalman · February 2, 1968
- DELFERD BENJAMIN DUNIFERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TED WILLIS EDWARDSSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GUY FRANKLIN BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 66
- JAMES ALBERT BUNNSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 66
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 73
From Nyack
- ANDRE MAURICE BROOKSPrivate · May 8, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.