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MICHAEL EUGENE MCDANIEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 18, 1949 – October 5, 1969
Service recordMichael Eugene McDaniel, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 42
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 42
- CHARLES WALTER MALONEMajor · October 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- ELVIS EARL MULLENCorporal · October 5, 1969
- GORDON LAVERN NAGELPetty Officer Second Class · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GALLEGOCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 41
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.