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JAMES AURTHUR DANIELS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – October 3, 1966
Service recordJames Aurthur Daniels, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 704 MAINT BN 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 39
- RAYMOND LOUIS ECHEVARRIASergeant Major · October 3, 1966
- RANDAL CLYDE ENGRAMFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD GRAFFCaptain · October 3, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
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.