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CECIL DAUGHERTY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – September 20, 1969
Service recordCecil Daugherty, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Harrodsburg, Kentucky (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 116
- LELAND ALSTON BAILEYCorporal · September 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CALVIN BIFFLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1969
- ROBERT MARTIN BUCHECKCorporal · September 20, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 1969
From Harrodsburg
- JOHN BETHEL TAPPLieutenant Commander · March 23, 1966
- HOWARD HADDEN DEANSergeant · January 26, 1967
- STEPHAN LEROY BECHTELPetty Officer Third Class · February 11, 1968
- NATHAN LYEN ROBINSONSergeant · February 25, 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.