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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Danny L Naillon.

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DANNY L NAILLON

Private First Class · U.S. Army

October 1, 1946 – September 12, 1966

Service record

Danny L Naillon, of Payette, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 88

Position of Panel 10E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Food Service Specialist (94B)
Unit (as recorded)
2 MED HOP 68 MED GRP
Born
October 1, 1946
Home of record
Payette, Idaho (Payette County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 12, 1966
Age
19
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 10E, Line 88

From Payette

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.