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DANIEL WEBSTER YORK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 20, 1945 – August 26, 1970
Service recordDaniel Webster York, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 12
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 12
- WILLIAM H LAURENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 26, 1970
- CURTIS JOHNSON MANRINGCorporal · August 26, 1970
- HIMA DUNCAN MCDOUGALL JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN MORGANCorporal · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HIMA DUNCAN MCDOUGALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 12
- GEORGE EDWARD TEFFTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 15
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.