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DANNY ELBERT APPLETON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1950 – October 21, 1969
Service recordDanny Elbert Appleton, of Sanger, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 99
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Sanger, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 99
- WILLIAM WENTWORTH STUBBSStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1969
- ALEXANDER VIGILSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JOE NATHANIEL WATSONLance Corporal · October 20, 1969
- MICKEY ROY ALEXANDERCorporal · October 21, 1969
From Sanger
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · April 6, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · April 18, 1969
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.