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KENNETH REED MCDANIEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – August 13, 1969
Service recordKenneth Reed McDaniel, of Lowell, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Lowell, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 33
- ROBERT F MCCLAFLINLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD MCLEESELance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- JAMES ALAN NORRISLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE OFSTEDAHLSergeant · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLAN WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 36
From Lowell
- CHESTER ARTHUR LUTGENSergeant · June 1, 1966
- DAREN LEE DRINSKISpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- DAVID LEE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 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.