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DANIEL LYNN NEISWENDER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – November 23, 1968
Service recordDaniel Lynn Neiswender, of South Laguna, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- South Laguna, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 45
- HILARIO MORENOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN NIXONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- SAMMY CHACON ROMEROSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LAWRENCE GOLDSMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 42
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.