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DANIEL THOMAS ABNEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1947 – May 14, 1969
Service recordDaniel Thomas Abney JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 114
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 114
- MYLES DALEN WESTMANCorporal · May 13, 1969
- LYNN JAY WIESERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- RAYMOND LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE WITMERWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 1
- MARK JOSEPH GIRONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 5
- GERALD JOHN KELLY JRCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 7
- RUFUS NEWTON STEVENSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 13
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 14
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.