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DANIEL LEE WISELY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – January 6, 1968
Service recordDaniel Lee Wisely, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 62
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 62
- JERRY WAYNE WICKAMCorporal · January 6, 1968
- ROY VICTOR WIEGANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- PETER ALLEN ZANCAFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE JONES JRSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JUAN HENRY MARTINEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- JAMES P ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 60
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.