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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Danny A Neth.

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DANNY A NETH

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

June 6, 1938 – March 5, 1966

Service record

Danny A Neth, of Richland, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 5E · Line 121

Position of Panel 5E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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 Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
June 6, 1938
Home of record
Richland, Washington (Benton County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 5, 1966
Age
27
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 5E, Line 121

Same unit, same day

From Richland

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.