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CARY ELZIEVAN MCDANIEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 11, 1950 – December 26, 1970
Service recordCary Elzievan McDaniel, of Mcleansville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Mcleansville, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 9
- JOSEPH WADE GUINNStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS MCADOOPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
- MARSHALL MILLERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR HOUSTON PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 10
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.