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DANIEL KNARIAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1947 – May 20, 1966
Service recordDaniel Knarian, of Melvindale, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 89
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 ENG BN
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Melvindale, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1966; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 89
- WILFORD PAUL COLLERSergeant · May 20, 1966
- DAVID LYNN CROWSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- JACK ELROY GARDNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
From Melvindale
- JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERACorporal · January 24, 1967
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD WELLS SANDIFERPetty Officer First Class · November 3, 1967
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1968
- GARY BRUCE NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT KIMZEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
- JACK THOMAS NEGUSSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.