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DANIEL ZACHARY POST JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1943 – July 31, 1966
Service recordDaniel Zachary Post JR, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 92
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · August 1, 1966
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 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.