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DANIEL LOUIS BEHM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – January 24, 1970
Service recordDaniel Louis Behm, of Kent City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 61
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Kent City, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 61
- CAREY ALLEN FOSNAUGHSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- FRANK SPENCER IIICorporal · January 23, 1970
- ALLEN RAY TOWNERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1970
- DENNIS CHARLES WARDPrivate First Class · January 23, 1970
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.