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CHARLES WESLEY DANIELS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1947 – September 27, 1967
Service recordCharles Wesley Daniels JR, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 19
- ARTHUR RICHARD EWINGPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- JOSE ANIBAL FLORESPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- PATRICK JOSEPH GALLAGHERSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- JAMES V HAMILTONSergeant First Class · September 27, 1967
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 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.