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JOSEPH RAY DANIELS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1948 – December 20, 1968
Service recordJoseph Ray Daniels JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 48
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 48
- MICHAEL LORA BOUCHARDLieutenant Commander · December 20, 1968
- GEORGE HARRY BURRELLSergeant · December 20, 1968
- THOMAS CLARK JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- KEVIN THOMAS CONNOLLYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.