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CHARLIES E DANIELS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1928 – February 26, 1966
Service recordCharlies E Daniels, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1928
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 79
- JAMES TRULY BROWNPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RONALD C CAVINEEPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- IRVIN CLARKE JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- THOMAS COLEMAN BREWER JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 78
- RONALD C CAVINEEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 79
- IRVIN CLARKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 79
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 79
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 80
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 80
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 81
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 82
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.