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EDWARD STEVEN DANIELS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1943 – June 16, 1966
Service recordEdward Steven Daniels, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 52
- IGNATIUS CARLISIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT DARLINGSeaman · June 16, 1966
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN SPENCERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 54
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBOROCorporal · February 8, 1967
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.