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DANIEL EDWARD MCGRATH
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
May 10, 1946 – July 20, 1969
Service recordDaniel Edward McGrath, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 25
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- May 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 25
- RONNIE GENE GREENECorporal · July 20, 1969
- RONALD GENE JETTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- ALEX EZEQUIEL MARTINEZPrivate · July 20, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM MCGRATHCorporal · July 20, 1969
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 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.