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RICHARD CARLTON DANIELS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – June 23, 1969
Service recordRichard Carlton Daniels, of Windsor, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 118
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Windsor, North Carolina (Bertie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 118
- GEORGE DOUGLAS DEITRICKSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- DEWEY MAYNARD EUBANKSCorporal · June 23, 1969
- MICHAEL FORBESSergeant · June 23, 1969
- GARY FREEMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY FREEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 118
- DOUGLAS PAUL SAVAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 2
- HOMER DANIEL THICKSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Windsor
- JAMES RONALD SPELLERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ELWOOD OWENSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- WILLIE ROBERT RASCOE JRSergeant First Class · April 9, 1970
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.