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DANIEL MCNEIL GUNN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 5, 1944 – July 23, 1966
Service recordDaniel McNeil Gunn, of Fredericksburg, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 62
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Fredericksburg, Texas (Gillespie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 62
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID KALERLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- JARVIS CRAWFORD LOWDERSergeant · July 23, 1966
From Fredericksburg
- SAMMIE J VOLLMARPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- RAYMOND MAX OTTMERS JRCorporal · August 23, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SCHONBERGPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
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.