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DANIEL GARY MECHLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1943 – January 25, 1966
Service recordDaniel Gary Mechling, of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Kittanning, Pennsylvania (Armstrong County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Aircraft
- C-123B
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1966; 46 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 91
- W D HUBBARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID HUNTERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 86
- CHARLES R ASHLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 86
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 86
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 86
- JOHNNIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 87
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 87
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 87
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 87
- PAUL M BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 88
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 88
- EUGENE DOYCE DOLLARSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 88
- DEAN JOSEPH ELICHKOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 88
- CHARLES LINWOOD ESCHBACHPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 89
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 89
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 89
- JEROME HERRINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 90
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 90
- WOODIE LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 90
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 90
- DAVID HUNTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 91
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 91
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 91
- EDWARD Y C KIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 92
- WOODROW WILSON KING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 92
From Kittanning
- WALLACE CLAIR SHAFFER JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- ROGER THOMAS BROWNLance Corporal · March 30, 1968
- FRANK HOGENMILLERPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- CHARLES NORMAN CORNMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- WILLIAM HAYES MAUTHEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
- ARLIE ROBERT MANGUSSergeant · November 3, 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.