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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 Larry Phillip Daniels.

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LARRY PHILLIP DANIELS

Private First Class · U.S. Army

February 2, 1946 – April 7, 1970

Service record

Larry Phillip Daniels, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12W · Line 102

Position of Panel 12W 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 First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Radio Operator (05B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
February 2, 1946
Home of record
Santa Ana, California (Orange County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 7, 1970
Age
24
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 12W, Line 102

From Santa Ana

All 48 names from Santa Ana →

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.