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DANIEL LEE POWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 6, 1949 – May 26, 1968
Service recordDaniel Lee Powell, of Artesia, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Artesia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 12
- ALBERT JOSEPH RAPPOLD JRCorporal · May 26, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- HENRY EARL SHELTONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- LARRY JAMES SINEGALPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
From Artesia
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- DAN DAILY MCCONNAUGHHAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- GEORGE VANDER DUSSENCorporal · July 10, 1968
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.