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FRANCIS ANTHONY M DANIELS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – May 28, 1968
Service recordFrancis Anthony M Daniels, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 8
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON DRAKEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- WALTER LLOYD DROSDLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- SAMUEL HARRISON EASLEY IICorporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY DAPONTECorporal · Panel 64W, Line 7
- BEN WILLIS HOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 64W, Line 10
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.