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REX MARTIN DANIELS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 10, 1950 – April 16, 1971
Service recordRex Martin Daniels, of Webster, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 128
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Webster, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 128
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · April 15, 1971
- DAVID ROSS DEKKERCorporal · April 16, 1971
- LEE ELDRIDGE GRIMSLEYCaptain · April 16, 1971
- DAVID RALPH KOWITZPetty Officer Third Class · April 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS MCGINNESPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 129
- JAMES BRUCE MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 129
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · Panel 4W, Line 129
From Webster
- DONALD WALTER HOLLEDERMajor · October 17, 1967
- PETER JON KAULBACKLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD ASHWORTH COLESSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
- DAVID ALBERT SEMMLERCorporal · February 5, 1971
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.