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DANNY WAYNE HARGIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – May 30, 1969
Service recordDanny Wayne Hargis, of Henrietta, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 21
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
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Henrietta, Texas (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 21
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · May 30, 1969
- THOMAS EARL HAYSWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1969
- FREDERICK PETER JOHNSON JRSergeant · May 30, 1969
- LOUIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FROWNERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 20
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.