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DANIEL LEE DAWES SR
Captain · U.S. Army
December 13, 1938 – July 9, 1968
Service recordDaniel Lee Dawes SR, of Sharpsburg, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 4
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Sharpsburg, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 4
- SAM STEPHEN ALLISONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- R G CAUTHRONCorporal · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES COOK JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 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.