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DANNY RICHARD LATHAM
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 8, 1944 – December 7, 1969
Service recordDanny Richard Latham, of Levelland, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 36
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Levelland, Texas (Hockley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 36
- THOMAS PATRICK GILL IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1969
- VINCENT JOSEPH HALLPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- CHARLES EVERETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- LEE DONNIE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
From Levelland
- FREDDIE LEON TIPTONLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- BENNY EUGENE HARTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1971
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.