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DANNY RAY METZ
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1946 – September 11, 1969
Service recordDanny Ray Metz, of London, Arkansas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 69
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1946
- Home of record
- London, Arkansas (Pope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 69
- JOSEPH LOUIS GOLC JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- NEIL NORMAN GREINKEFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- ROGER DANNY HELWIGCaptain · September 11, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS LEDBETTERLance Corporal · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL A MONTELLANOPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 70
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.