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DANIEL JOSEPH DAVIDENKO
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
December 14, 1950 – November 10, 1969
Service recordDaniel Joseph Davidenko, of Brookfield, Illinois, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 10, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 52
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
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- December 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 52
- ARTHUR JOHN CASTILLOCorporal · November 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN FULLERSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL HASENFLUGPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
From Brookfield
- CHARLES EDWARD DENNYPetty Officer Second Class · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ANTON JAMES JECMEN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WAYNE STEVE ZACHSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
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.