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DANIEL VERNOR BORAH JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 18, 1946 – September 24, 1972
Service recordDaniel Vernor Borah JR, of Olney, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on September 24, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Olney, Illinois (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 24, 1972
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 75
- PETER CHANSeaman Apprentice · September 25, 1972
- VINCENT CRAIG ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1972
- RICHARD BRYAN LINEBERRYLieutenant · September 27, 1972
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
From Olney
- DAVID EDWARD MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · April 18, 1964
- DENNIS FRANCIS HAHNSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT MILTON CRAVENS JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- TROIT DONOVAN FREELANDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KNOXStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1971
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.