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JOSEPHUS DANIELS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – June 30, 1969
Service recordJosephus Daniels, of Winterville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Winterville, North Carolina (Pitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOHN CABOT JRSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · June 30, 1969
- EUGENE THOMAS COXSergeant · June 30, 1969
- GERALD CHARLES DALEYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
From Winterville
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · September 15, 1968
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.