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JOSEPH WILLIAM DANISON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1945 – September 13, 1969
Service recordJoseph William Danison, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 79
- JAMES DAVID DARWINPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS HOLMESSpecialist Six · September 13, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BRUCESecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 77
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.