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GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – April 29, 1967
Service recordGeorge William McDaniel, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 115
- PAUL LEO CYRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH OKEEFECorporal · April 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 113
- JOHN FREDERICK FLEMINGSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 114
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- PAUL JUNIOR MYERSPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
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.