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CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1946 – March 20, 1967
Service recordCharles Albert McDaniels, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 125
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 125
- JAMES WILLIAM LOHREYLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- OSCAR FRANKLIN NICEWANDERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 118
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- MICHAEL DEVERNE BIRDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- ROBERT EDWARD BROWNCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- CARL ROGER CROSIERCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 119
- JOHN WILLIE DEVINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 120
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GARY CLARK HATFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · Panel 16E, Line 123
- CORNELIUS AFAI LAULII LAUCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 123
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 123
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 124
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 125
- DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 126
- JOSE ANTON ROBLES-MIRANDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 126
- GEORGE BACON ROSS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- ODELL JACK WERNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1967
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.