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JOSEPH DAUNIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1930 – October 20, 1967
Service recordJoseph Daunis, of Manistee, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Manistee, Michigan (Manistee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 43
- BOBBY RONALD GRIFFINSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
- STANLEY DONALD GUBBELSSergeant · October 20, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD JETTSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
- PAUL E LATOURETTESergeant · October 20, 1967
From Manistee
- DAVID ALLEN BRADSHAWSergeant · September 7, 1967
- KENT ROBERT BOLTERPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1969
- FREDRICK KEITH BRANDTSergeant · December 28, 1970
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.