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DANA CORNELL DARNELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1948 – April 26, 1967
Service recordDana Cornell Darnell, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 91
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 91
- LYNN SEATON BIERMAPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN GILBERT BROADBECKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE BUTLERLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 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.