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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles E Daniels.

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CHARLES E DANIELS

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 5, 1944 – March 22, 1968

Service record

Charles E Daniels, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 45E · Line 54

Position of Panel 45E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
February 5, 1944
Home of record
Long Island City, New York (Queens County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 22, 1968
Age
24
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 45E, Line 54

From Long Island City

All 23 names from Long Island City →

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.