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JOHN THOMAS MCDANIEL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1949 – July 27, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas McDaniel, of Clarksville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 59
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
- Aircraft Communications/Navigation/Electrical/Weapon Systems Technician - Train (6311)
- Born
- February 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 59
- MARK LAWRENCE MCMANUSCorporal · July 27, 1969
- GARY RAY MORTONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1969
- JAMES JACKSON MOTESCorporal · July 27, 1969
- STEVEN NAGYStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1969
From Clarksville
- WILLIE ELSWORTH H HONAKERSpecialist Four · September 5, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY ROMMELPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- HENRY C ETTEL JRLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- HERBERT LOGSDON JRCorporal · June 28, 1969
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.