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DANIEL CASSANO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordDaniel Cassano, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 21
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 21
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- FRANK HAROLD BROWNE IIPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- NORMAN LOUIS CATESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.