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JOSEPH JOHN DANNA JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 28, 1941 – December 16, 1970
Service recordJoseph John Danna JR, of Vineland, New Jersey, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 124
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Area Intelligence Technician (972A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Vineland, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 124
- JOHN FRANK SZLAPA IIIPetty Officer Third Class · December 15, 1970
- THOMAS DUDLEY YOUNGSergeant · December 15, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS CALLANSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- GARY J FACULAKFirst Lieutenant · December 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY J FACULAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 124
- STARR FREDERICK FRYESpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 125
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 125
- FRED ALBERT WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 126
From Vineland
- JOSEPH FRED HAYESPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH INFERRERAPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · June 11, 1967
- LANCE NORMAN JENKINSLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- CHARLES CARL ASSELTAFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MOUNTLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- BOBBY MOORERCorporal · May 15, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE DAVISLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JOHN ANGELO KALIVASSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.