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DANIEL JOHN HOMMEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordDaniel John Hommel, of Brentwood, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Brentwood, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 3
- MICHAEL EUGENE HOPPERSPrivate · May 25, 1968
- DANNY HOSKINSCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JAMES HERMAN JACKSONCorporal · May 25, 1968
- BARTON WENDELL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS J DAVIS IIISergeant · Panel 69W, Line 1
- HERBERT WAYNE MOODYCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 1
- JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELLCaptain · Panel 67W, Line 4
- ELMER WAYNE THOMASCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 5
- RICHARD JOHN WEIDNERCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 7
From Brentwood
- RICHARD P LANCASTER JRPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- WILLIAM WELLSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD LYNN LABARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES SEIDENSTICKERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- PETER COLICCHIOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- NICHOLAS HEFER FRITZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 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.