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DANNY CURTIS CASEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 19, 1946 – August 13, 1968
Service recordDanny Curtis Casey, of Shady Cove, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 5
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Shady Cove, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 5
- MARCUS RAY ASPLUNDWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1968
- LUTHER BETHEA JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT MATHEW CATES JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LONNIE ELLERBE JRLance Corporal · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DUANE AARON JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 6
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.