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DANNY WAYNE WANAMAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1944 – July 26, 1966
Service recordDanny Wayne Wanamaker, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 79
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- THOMAS WALKERStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1966
- JAMES WILFORD COLLINSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PELLUM BRYANT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 77
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 77
- THOMAS WALKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 79
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.