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DANIEL DAVID HARDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1944 – November 1, 1965
Service recordDaniel David Harden, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 12
- GRAT GELEANE MYERSCorporal · August 24, 1965
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- JAMES HOOVERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ROJAS BERMUDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 11
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 11
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 11
- THOMAS DAVID DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 11
- NEIL RONALD HANSSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 12
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES HOOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 12
- JAMES VINCENT POTTKOTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 13
- DOMINGO BALANSAY VINLUANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 14
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JERRY ALLAN HIEMERSpecialist Four · November 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.