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CHARLES F DANIELSON JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – November 1, 1969
Service recordCharles F Danielson JR, of Verona, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 12
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Verona, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 12
- OLIVER EVANS DEAL JRSecond Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- LARRY DAVID DUPRECorporal · November 1, 1969
- ALLEN THOMAS ELDER JRMaster Sergeant · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY ALTON BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 11
- PHILIP JAMES ENLOWSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 13
- JIMMY KEN HARRISONSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 13
From Verona
- MARTIN ROBERT ROBINSONPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- EDWARD ROBERT GUESTLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- KENNETH ALLAN STANCIULance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- EDWARD W COLLINS IIISecond Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES SUGDENSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES DISANTICorporal · May 13, 1970
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.