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ROBERT G DANIEL
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1935 – March 16, 1969
Service recordRobert G Daniel, of Bridgeport, Alabama, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 52
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 21, 1935
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 52
- EDWARD CHARLES COFIELD JRFirst Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- DALE WILLIAM COLDIRONLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- F M EUDALYMaster Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- MARVIN LEE FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS EUGENE SIEVERS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 56
From Bridgeport
- CLAYTON GEORGE ROGERS JRPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY LEON CARVERLance Corporal · December 1, 1967
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.