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DANIEL GENE CASEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1948 – July 28, 1969
Service recordDaniel Gene Casey, of Concord, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 63
- TIMOTHY WAYNE BEVERFORDSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- THOMAS LEONARD CALLAGHANPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL NORRIS COLTONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 63
- GREGORY JOHN D DENTONSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 64
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 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.