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DANIEL JAMES COONON
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1943 – October 8, 1968
Service recordDaniel James Coonon, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 31
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Born
- January 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 31
- R T PERRYCorporal · October 8, 1968
- WILLIE CAPAHAS PRICEPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1968
- LUCAS HERRERA RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
From Lebanon
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- CARL THOMAS BAALSpecialist Five · November 9, 1965
- RICHARD SAMUEL MOHNCorporal · July 16, 1966
- GARY WAYNE FRIEDMANNSeaman · March 11, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.