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DANIEL WILLIAM MAJORS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1946 – August 31, 1969
Service recordDaniel William Majors, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 16
- DONALD WAYNE KIMSEYMajor · August 31, 1969
- HOLLIS GARNELL MAPLECorporal · August 31, 1969
- LAURENCE ARTHUR MILLETTSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
- LAURANCE RICHARD MOHN JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.