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DARRYL MESSER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – August 23, 1965
Service recordDarryl Messer, of Tolleson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Tolleson, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 66
- JUSTIN RICE WHITING IVPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- J C CLARK JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
From Tolleson
- ARTHUR ALEN OBRIENLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT DIAS LOPEZPetty Officer Second Class · June 1, 1970
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · September 27, 1970
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.