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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joshua Marice Daniels.

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JOSHUA MARICE DANIELS

Private · U.S. Army

December 21, 1948 – January 18, 1971

Service record

Joshua Marice Daniels, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 5W · Line 55

Position of Panel 5W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private (PVT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
December 21, 1948
Home of record
Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 18, 1971
Age
22
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Six names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 5W, Line 55

From Jersey City

All 58 names from Jersey City →

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.