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HARLAN EUGENE DANIELS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1949 – April 11, 1970
Service recordHarlan Eugene Daniels, of Redding, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 122
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 122
- WAYNE ALDEN BLOMSTROMSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DUANE CLICKNERSergeant · April 11, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAMCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 124
- LEO MCEACHERNStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 125
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.