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DANIEL GUEST
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
February 16, 1935 – August 29, 1968
Service recordDaniel Guest, of Salisbury, North Carolina, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 29, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 16, 1935
- Home of record
- Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 46W, Line 59
- LARRY EDWARD FRANTZPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- GARCLEE M FREDWELLSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- ERNESTO R GALLARDOSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- GARY ALBERT HALLCorporal · August 29, 1968
From Salisbury
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE LYERLYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- DONALD VANCE DAVISLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- GEORGE FRANKLIN ANTONITISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- ROBERT ERVIN GILMORELance Corporal · February 12, 1969
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.