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DANNIE LEON BIRD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – January 14, 1969
Service recordDannie Leon Bird, of Webber, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 87
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Webber, Kansas (Jewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 87
- GERALD OTIS BAKERSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD BELANGERSergeant · January 14, 1969
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT GARCIA TORRESStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 1
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.