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DANIEL BRUCE PERSONS
Private · U.S. Army
May 19, 1949 – September 20, 1968
Service recordDaniel Bruce Persons, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 47
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 47
- LARRY ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVA BROWN IISergeant · Panel 43W, Line 45
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 47
- MICHAEL RALPH MANNOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 48
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 49
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 50
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.