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DANIEL CARL UPTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – August 14, 1970
Service recordDaniel Carl Upton, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 112
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Control Approach Radar Repairer (26D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 112
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
- TERRY D REAMSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1970
- DOUGLAS THOMPSONSergeant · August 14, 1970
- DUANE EVERETT WALDRONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EMMETT BARRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 110
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.