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DAN GUINN FEEZELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – August 12, 1970
Service recordDan Guinn Feezell, of Wilmington, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 104
- DEAN FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
- MARK JOSEPH TOSCHIKFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1970
- ALAN WAYNE ASHENFELTERLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- JAMES AUSTON BROWNSpecialist Four · August 12, 1970
From Wilmington
- ROLAND LEE BALLEWPrivate · April 13, 1968
- LESTER HAROLD LEOPOLDCorporal · September 6, 1969
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.