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DANIEL SULLIVAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – July 9, 1969
Service recordDaniel Sullivan, of Liberty, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 87
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Liberty, Mississippi (Amite County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 87
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- JERRY BARFIELDPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON BARNES JRSergeant · July 9, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES BOBOPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES BOBOPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 87
- JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 88
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 89
- SANTOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 90
- WALTER EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 90
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
From Liberty
- JOHN HILTON BLALOCKCaptain · April 1, 1968
- WILLIE B CATLINGSpecialist Four · July 2, 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.
