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DANIEL L MIRACLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1943 – December 27, 1966
Service recordDaniel L Miracle, of Williamstown, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Williamstown, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 85
- ROBERT DENNIS LAJKOCorporal · December 27, 1966
- DONALD HERMAN LEDERHAUSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES MOSES JRCorporal · December 27, 1966
- RONNIE EUGENE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 82
- ANTHONY CHARLES COFFAROPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 82
- HUBERT AARON ERWINPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 82
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 83
- ALFRED LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 83
- GREGORY JAMES FISCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 83
- HOWARD STANLEY GOLDBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 83
- ARMAND ROY GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 83
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 84
- RANDALL LEE HIXSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 84
- PAUL GRAY JACKSONSergeant First Class · Panel 13E, Line 84
- RICHARD A KNAUSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 84
- ROBERT DENNIS LAJKOCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 85
- DONALD HERMAN LEDERHAUSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 85
- RONNIE EUGENE NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 85
- JAMES E NUNLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 86
- GARY WAYNE PEASLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 86
- JERRY E SCHMELTZPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 86
- RONALD J SHEEHYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 86
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 86
- RODNEY DALE STATONStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 87
- JERALD D WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 87
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 87
- ROSCOE WRIGHT JRCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 87
From Williamstown
- THOMAS DELANO LIPSCOMBFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
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.