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DANIEL BERNARD CHENEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1947 – January 6, 1969
Service recordDaniel Bernard Cheney, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 42
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A TRP 17 CAV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 42
- GARY WAYNE ARNAUDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY CHANDLERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- ARTURO PEREZ GONZALESSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- JAMES JOHN GROMPONESpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 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.