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DANNY JOE DART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – June 3, 1968
Service recordDanny Joe Dart, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 22
- HAMP CARTER JRSergeant · June 3, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CHUBBUCKCorporal · June 3, 1968
- BRIAN JAMES CLARKPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- JESSE WILLARD DOWLINGPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 19
- STEVEN CLARENCE BUSHCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 20
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 20
- JAMES EDWARD BYRD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 21
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CHUBBUCKCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 22
- BRIAN JAMES CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- JESSE WILLARD DOWLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- CARL KELLY ALLCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 24
- WAYNE R HAWKINSCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 1
- ROBERT DEAN JANSSENCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 1
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 1
- WILLIAM LEE JARBOEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- BILLIE CLIFFORD LOOMISPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- FRANK JOSEPH NESTICHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 3
- ANTHONY PAUL OREILLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60W, Line 3
- ALAN ROBERT OTTCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 4
- BILL DEAN POFFSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 4
- CLARK D STICKLERCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 4
- GARY LEE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 5
- DAVID RAY SQUIRESSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 5
- CLIFFORD STAPLETONSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 5
- KENDALL WILLIAM THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 6
- JOSEPH RONALD VALENTINEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 6
- DAVID CLARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 7
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.