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JOHN FRANCIS DANIELS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1946 – April 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Francis Daniels JR, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Monroeville, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 93
- PETER ALAN LAMONTSergeant · April 2, 1967
- FRANCIS M LAWRENCE JRLance Corporal · April 2, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
From Monroeville
- ROBERT JAMES BLACK JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- RONALD DEE STEPHENSONCorporal · January 20, 1971
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.