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DAN WILLIE ARCHER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1947 – July 15, 1967
Service recordDan Willie Archer JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 73
- JOHN STEPHEN BERGAirman First Class · July 15, 1967
- RUSSELL LEE BLANTONSergeant · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES FREDRICK BOSSAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 72
- ARMANDO VILLAPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 79
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.