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DANNY LEE ARCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – July 5, 1970
Service recordDanny Lee Archer, of Garfield, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 121
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Garfield, Washington (Whitman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 121
- RICHARD JOHN WARDENWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN WINGENFELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 4, 1970
- E G AKERS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANK BROWNINGPrivate First Class · July 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FOREST MICHAEL STONESpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 123
- MICHAEL KARL WAYMIRESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 123
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.