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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George W Daniels JR.

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GEORGE W DANIELS JR

Private · U.S. Army

March 22, 1950 – October 9, 1970

Service record

George W Daniels JR, of Franklin, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 120

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Private (PVT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
Born
March 22, 1950
Home of record
Franklin, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 9, 1970
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 120

From Franklin

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.