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DANIEL MORAN ZUNIGA
Private · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – August 11, 1969
Service recordDaniel Moran Zuniga, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 6
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 6
- TOMMIE WATSONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- FRANKLIN DEAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT WOODSSergeant · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE BURCHSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 128
- DAVID MICHAEL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 1
- EDWARD LEE KANTERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 2
- JAMES JOSEPH KESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 3
- LARRY LEE SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 4
- STANLEY JOHN SHUMINSKISergeant · Panel 19W, Line 4
- FRANKLIN DEAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 6
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 6
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.