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DANIEL HAROLD HACKETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 5, 1946 – June 20, 1969
Service recordDaniel Harold Hackett, of North Port Charlotte, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 5, 1946
- Home of record
- North Port Charlotte, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 97
- CRAIG HAYES HANSENPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- BUFFARD CLIFTON HARRISONSergeant First Class · June 20, 1969
- HARVEY JOE HASSLERSergeant · June 20, 1969
- BRIAN CHARLES HEATHFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE FRANCISCO ARROYOSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 95
- JOHN DEMEYCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 96
- JOSEPH JAMES GOETZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 96
- CRAIG HAYES HANSENPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 97
- JIM FRANK JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- LOREN HENRY LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 98
- KEITH OLSENSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 99
From North Port Charlotte
- DAVID KEITH WYRICKPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
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.