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DANIEL BOONE FELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – July 19, 1970
Service recordDaniel Boone Fell, of West Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- West Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 31
- LEWIS EDGAR CASNER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM DODDFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
- RICHARD EUGENE FAYSergeant First Class · July 19, 1970
- ARTHUR POWELL GRAY IVFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
From West Des Moines
- BRUCE WILLIAM WRIGHTSpecialist Four · September 1, 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.