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DAN STEVEN LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1948 – April 9, 1969
Service recordDan Steven Long, of St Helena, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- St Helena, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 46
- WILLIAM LUTHER OVERSTREETPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- DANNY LEON PATRICKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- ROBERT ANDREW PORTEPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- MICHAEL J VERHAEGHESpecialist Four · April 9, 1969
From St Helena
- ROBERT EDWARD FLANNERY JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 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.