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DANIEL MARK KASTEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1944 – May 7, 1967
Service recordDaniel Mark Kasten, of Ripon, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Ripon, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 52
- JAY THOMAS HENSLEYPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH HERMANOWICZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOWELLPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 52
- GEORGE PATRICK ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 54
From Ripon
- RONALD HENRY REILLYSergeant First Class · July 16, 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.