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ANDREW LEROY MCDANIEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – April 23, 1968
Service recordAndrew Leroy McDaniel, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 40
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- RUSSELL LEE MATHENYSergeant · April 23, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MEEHANPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 38
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · Panel 51E, Line 39
- RONALD OGLESBYSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JAMES EDWARD RAINBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 42
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.