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DANIEL EDWARD WOLFE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordDaniel Edward Wolfe, of Sidney, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Sidney, Ohio (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 35
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- ARTHUR WYMAN BALLPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1968
- WILLIAM GERALD BANEY JRSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY WATKINS BOOKERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 28
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 28
- ROGER ALLAN DAINSSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 29
- SAMUEL MORALESSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 31
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 33
- THURMAN TRACY WALLSCorporal · Panel 51E, Line 34
From Sidney
- CHARLES RICHARD MCFARLINPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- TERRY FISHER KATTERHENRYCaptain · December 20, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MEYERLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOLDSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLES GREGORY HUSTONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS LOCKERSergeant · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MONTE RICHARD JONESSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- JEROME RAYMOND FRILLINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- BENTON LEWIS MILLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1970
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.