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DANIEL ROBERT TROYE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – March 28, 1970
Service recordDaniel Robert Troye, of Sterling, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Sterling, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 53
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · March 28, 1970
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · March 28, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL SOULEAirman First Class · March 28, 1970
- BOBBY GENE SWANSON JRSergeant · March 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL ADEN CAMERONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 51
- KENNETH JAMES GARSKISergeant · Panel 12W, Line 51
- FRED GEORGE KOVARIKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 52
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 53
- JAMES THOMAS WATSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
From Sterling
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- GARY ALLEN LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES KELLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
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.