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DANIEL LEE HAVENS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – December 28, 1967
Service recordDaniel Lee Havens, of Winchester, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 86
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Winchester, Illinois (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 86
- DANIEL DEE DENIPAHLance Corporal · December 28, 1967
- FRANK FLORIOLance Corporal · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE FRASERCorporal · December 28, 1967
- BYRON ADAMS GAINES JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EVAN ANTILLPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 84
- RONALD CHRIS BRESHEARSSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 85
- ROLLIN EUGENE GOLIGHTLYPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 87
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 88
From Winchester
- JAMES HENRY PRICEAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE WOODSONCaptain · August 1, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES HOOTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
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.