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DANIEL ARK TRESSLER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – February 2, 1969
Service recordDaniel Ark Tressler JR, of Elsmere, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Elsmere, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 45
- JERRY REED DAVISSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- THOMAS TRAMMEL STAPLES IIFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1969
- JAMES BROADUS WHITEStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1969
- RAY MILTON WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.