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DANIEL VAUGHAN PROCTOR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 30, 1950 – February 27, 1970
Service recordDaniel Vaughan Proctor, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 64
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 64
- JESUS M ENCARNACION-COLONSergeant · February 27, 1970
- MARK SCOTT MILESSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- JAMES TAYLOR PACEWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD PIVACorporal · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD STEPHEN BOVIOCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 61
- RICHARD JOHN CONNELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 61
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 62
- MARK SCOTT MILESSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 64
- JAMES TAYLOR PACEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 64
- RONALD WADE STAFFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 65
- GARY LEE SWARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 65
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.