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DANIEL EDWARD FARAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 7, 1950 – August 24, 1969
Service recordDaniel Edward Faran, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 106
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 106
- STANLEY RAY HONEAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- JIMMY MICHAEL DOLANSeaman Recruit · August 24, 1969
- ROY ALLEN FRYMANGunnery Sergeant · August 24, 1969
- GUADALUPE GALINDO JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 108
- DENNIS MICHAEL SKOGERBOESecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 110
- JOHN RANDALL ZIMMERMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 110
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
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.