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DANA EDWARD DIEHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – December 10, 1968
Service recordDana Edward Diehl, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 79
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Shippensburg, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 79
- THOMAS TODD CHAPMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- MELVIN E CLARKSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- ROLLAND EUGENE DARLING JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN STRINGFIELDStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DEXTER NUNTON GAMBLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 80
- WILLIAM ALLISON LOWRYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 82
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 83
From Shippensburg
- COURTNEY PRICE HOLLAR JRMajor · May 5, 1964
- GARY LEE LININGERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- DONALD LEROY THOMASPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- JAMES BIRCH PETTEYSWarrant Officer 1 · January 15, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE NEWELLSergeant · July 7, 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.