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JAMES ROBERT DANIEL
Captain · U.S. Army
March 23, 1939 – June 19, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Daniel, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 87
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 23, 1939
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 87
- DAVID BURR COLLINSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- HARVEY C CRABTREE JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- DONALD LEO CURTINCorporal · June 19, 1969
- DAVID DEITCHPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH JOHN CLIMEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 86
- ELIJAH INGRAMPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 90
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · Panel 22W, Line 90
- HENRY DON MATHEWSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 91
- JERROLD S PEARLSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 92
- RAYMOND ALLAN VOSSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.