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LEE ROGER DANIELSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordLee Roger Danielson, of Cadott, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 35
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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
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Cadott, Wisconsin (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES DERWIN COHRONSergeant First Class · January 12, 1968
- JACKY RAY COUCHPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM OSCA POFFENBARGERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ELDREW BARRONCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 33
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES CASTALDICorporal · Panel 34E, Line 38
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 38
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 39
- MAX RAY SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 39
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.