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JOHNNY ANDERSON MCDANIELS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1945 – June 15, 1968
Service recordJohnny Anderson McDaniels, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 30
- JAMES LEE CHIVERSSergeant · June 15, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCLOSKEYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT MCHENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- RANDALL T PLANCHON IICorporal · June 15, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.