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CURTIS RAY DANIELS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1946 – May 29, 1969
Service recordCurtis Ray Daniels, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 14
- RUDY AVON CARNLEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- JAMES WILFORD CLAYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- DONALD EVERETT DALTONSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- JOHN ALANSON DIXONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EVERETT DALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 14
- RONALD EDWARD MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 16
- MICHAEL CORY VOLHEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 18
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.