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PATRICK ELSWOOD MCDANIEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1948 – May 30, 1970
Service recordPatrick Elswood McDaniel, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 122
- HARRY DAVIS PICKARDSergeant · May 30, 1970
- DAVID FRANK SANTA-CRUZCorporal · May 30, 1970
- WILLIAM HOWARD STEPPWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1970
- RICHARD GEORGE WEID JRSergeant · May 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FREDDY LAMAR BRATTONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 119
- WILLIAM ELLIS GAY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 121
- KEN SWAIN MAXWELLSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 121
- DAVID FRANK SANTA-CRUZCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 122
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 1968
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.