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DANIEL FRANCIS MONAHAN
Captain · U.S. Army
February 15, 1940 – April 14, 1967
Service recordDaniel Francis Monahan, of Norwood, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 26
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Norwood, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 26
- ROY DALE GALLANTSpecialist Four · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DALE MARTIN MCCAULEYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 26
- ROBERT SCHERLAGPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
- JAMES FRANKLIN TINDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
- HOWARD DANIEL VANDENACREPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
From Norwood
- FREDERICK ERIC LEOPOLDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- DONALD BRUCE REESPrivate · March 21, 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.