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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Johnnie Lloyd Daniel.

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JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIEL

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

December 6, 1947 – May 31, 1968

Service record

Johnnie Lloyd Daniel, of Montclair, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 62W · Line 7

Position of Panel 62W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Unit (as recorded)
D CO 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
Born
December 6, 1947
Home of record
Montclair, California (San Bernardino County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 31, 1968
Age
20
Province
Sa Dec
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 62W, Line 7

From Montclair

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.