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DANIEL PATRICK BIRCH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1946 – March 4, 1966
Service recordDaniel Patrick Birch, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 99
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)
- 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 99
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ISIAH BAKER IIILance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- RAYMOND BLANCHETTELance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL GIZZI ORLANDOHospitalman Apprentice · Panel 5E, Line 108
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.