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DANIEL WILLIAM MCGRATH
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 12, 1949 – July 20, 1969
Service recordDaniel William McGrath, of Levittown, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 25
- RONNIE GENE GREENECorporal · July 20, 1969
- RONALD GENE JETTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- ALEX EZEQUIEL MARTINEZPrivate · July 20, 1969
- DANIEL EDWARD MCGRATHPetty Officer Second Class · July 20, 1969
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
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.