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DANNY WRAY ENGESSER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1948 – August 31, 1967
Service recordDanny Wray Engesser, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 73
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 73
- REUBEN CHARLES WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · August 30, 1967
- ROSS W WOOD JRSergeant · August 30, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDRICK ELFLEINCorporal · August 31, 1967
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 1969
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.