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DAN THOMAS WASHINGTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1944 – February 3, 1967
Service recordDan Thomas Washington, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 115
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 25, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 115
- MORTON ELMER TOWNES JRFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS WARECorporal · February 3, 1967
- DAVID WILBERT WEHRSSergeant · February 3, 1967
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.