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DANIEL MORRIS NOELDNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1945 – March 6, 1969
Service recordDaniel Morris Noeldner, of South Shore, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 55
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- South Shore, South Dakota (Codington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 55
- THEODORE CROSSMAN HALLSergeant First Class · March 6, 1969
- WILLIAM EDMOND LEE HARTPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- CLARENCE MICHAEL HOLLANDSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- ROBERT JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · Panel 30W, Line 53
- FRANK DENNIS JOYNES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 56
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 56
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 58
- WILFRED PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 59
- PAUL PETER VAVROSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 60
- JAMES EDWARD RAMSBYSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 61
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.