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DANIEL LEON MORT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1946 – July 17, 1966
Service recordDaniel Leon Mort, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 30
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- ANTHONY TREVISANOSpecialist Five · July 17, 1966
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.