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DANIEL NAPIERSKIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1951 – September 20, 1969
Service recordDaniel Napierskie, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 117
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 117
- WILLIAM VINCENT FLYNNFireman · September 20, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD LAVENDERFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1969
- WALTER VANN LEMMOND IIICaptain · September 20, 1969
- FRANK JAMES MONTEZCorporal · September 20, 1969
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
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.