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DANIEL JOSEPH DESOCIO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1946 – June 20, 1970
Service recordDaniel Joseph Desocio, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 72
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 72
- THOMAS LEE CUSSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE DOBOSZPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- JERRY GUY GIBERSONSergeant · June 20, 1970
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRIEMEStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.