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DAVID LEE DANOWSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1945 – February 27, 1966
Service recordDavid Lee Danowski, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 83
- EDWARD STEPHEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- RICK EDWARD KOPKACorporal · February 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.