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DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1948 – December 21, 1967
Service recordDaniel Alexander Verdugo, of Whittier, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 41
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 41
- MICHAEL THOMAS HOKEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- LANE ABERHAM TILSONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- FREDERIC PEERS WEBBSeaman · December 21, 1967
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- WALLACE LUTTRELL WIGGINSMajor · February 3, 1968
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.