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DANIEL C RUNKLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – March 25, 1968
Service recordDaniel C Runkle, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Vinh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 23
- HOWARD LEROY SAVAREPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- DONALD HAROLD SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- GILBERT SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- EDWARD CLARENCE SHELDONSergeant · March 25, 1968
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.