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DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – August 26, 1966
Service recordDaniel Lee Earlenbaugh, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 46
- JERRY WAYNE EDDYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- JULES T GIRTANNERSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE EDDYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 46
- PEDRO ROSARIO GUERREROStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 47
- CARY MICHAEL KISHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- MARVIN DAVID KOSTROSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- DONALD VEARL STEINPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 48
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- BERNARD JOHN NOVAKStaff Sergeant · February 22, 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.