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DANIEL EDNEY ECKENRODE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1949 – January 12, 1970
Service recordDaniel Edney Eckenrode, of Downey, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 29
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 29
- GORDON EDWARD EVANSLance Corporal · January 12, 1970
- EUGENE HOODPrivate · January 12, 1970
- JOHN JAY JANOSKA JRStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1970
- JAMES DUANE PLANKCorporal · January 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DEWAYNE TETTLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 30
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
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.