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DANA EDWARD MEANS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1950 – August 13, 1969
Service recordDana Edward Means, of East Liverpool, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 31
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 2, 1950
- Home of record
- East Liverpool, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 31
- RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTALLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES HOLLOWAYPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- WAYDE MURRAY HUSOSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- CARL FRED KROHLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
From East Liverpool
- JOSEPH JAMES COMPA JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACHHospitalman · June 20, 1966
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTHPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- DALLAS REESE PRIDEMORESergeant First Class · September 8, 1968
- SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALLPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
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.