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DANNY VANN CASEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1950 – March 24, 1969
Service recordDanny Vann Casey, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 24
- WILLIAM MAUD BRYANTSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
- RONALD LEROY COKERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- JUAN ALONSO COVARRUBIASPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH CREWSergeant · March 24, 1969
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
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.