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DANIEL EUGENE HORTON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
April 1, 1947 – February 11, 1967
Service recordDaniel Eugene Horton, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 16
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 16
- GEORGE JAMES WIDGERPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
- WILLARD DAVID ARNOLDSergeant · February 11, 1967
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- WILLIAM C FORESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GREENCorporal · May 8, 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.