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DANIEL M JAVA
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1932 – December 4, 1966
Service recordDaniel M Java, of Frederic, Wisconsin, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1932
- Home of record
- Frederic, Wisconsin (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 10
- CHESTER LEON FREEMANSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- GERALD MONROE HUBBARDStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS JOHN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 13
From Frederic
- RICHARD CHARLES FERDIGSpecialist Four · August 4, 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.