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DANIEL FRANCIS CAHILL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – February 24, 1969
Service recordDaniel Francis Cahill, of Center Line, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Center Line, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- 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
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 33
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- GILBERT MICHAEL CHAVEZPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM C CLINGER IIICorporal · February 24, 1969
- DANIEL COLEMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CURTIS ALDERIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 31
- MORRIE CURTISS BARBERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 32
- LEWIS MICHAEL FORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 35
From Center Line
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
- GERALD EUGENE BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
- VAUN ARLEN GORBEFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 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.