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DANIEL VARELA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1947 – November 19, 1967
Service recordDaniel Varela, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 35
- EDWIN WARD VANORDEN JRLieutenant · November 19, 1967
- ANTHONY VIGILLance Corporal · November 19, 1967
- RICHARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- RUDOLPH NATHINAL WARDPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MICHEAL GRALLAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 26
- DONALD THOMAS MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 30
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
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.