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DANIEL SIMON BEHAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1945 – May 20, 1969
Service recordDaniel Simon Behar, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 57
- FREDERICK C THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1969
- WILLIAM ELDRED WHALEY IIILance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- THOMAS FREDRICK BARTHCorporal · May 20, 1969
- SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALLPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY FLOYD DODDSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 58
- RAEFORD JAMES GERALD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 59
- ROY WAYNE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 59
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.