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DANIEL EDWARD WARK
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 2, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordDaniel Edward Wark, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 24
- CHARLES G VANDER HEYDENSergeant · August 21, 1968
- EDWARD TYRONE WESTLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- JOHNNY LAVERNE WHITEAKERCorporal · August 21, 1968
- MARVIN REX YOUNGStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 20
- WALTER CHARLES STEELESpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 23
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.