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DANIEL GERARD ELY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1947 – February 26, 1969
Service recordDaniel Gerard Ely, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 70
- JERRY LAVERN ALFERINKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAY MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- SALVADOR LOPEZ NORZAGARAYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- RAYMOND YAZZIECorporal · February 26, 1969
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.