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DANIEL GAUNA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordDaniel Gauna JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 16
- WILLIAM CALDWELL DONICSWarrant Officer 1 · May 15, 1969
- JAMES EPPSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- KENNEDY JACQUESCorporal · May 15, 1969
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.