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DANIEL CHARLES CASE
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 12, 1945 – April 11, 1970
Service recordDaniel Charles Case, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 11, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 123
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- July 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 123
- CRAIG NICHOLAS BARRYSergeant · April 11, 1970
- ALONZO GARRETTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- VALENTINE BERMEA GOMEZ JRSergeant · April 11, 1970
- GERALD M HELLMANN JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.