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ROBERT HAROLD DANNEELS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1946 – June 25, 1966
Service recordRobert Harold Danneels, of Marine City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 91
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Marine City, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 91
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- EDWARD GAFFNEY CREEDPetty Officer Third Class · June 25, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CECIL ERNEST DAWHospitalman · June 25, 1966
- MELVIN EARNEST TAYLORLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 94
From Marine City
- DONALD LEWIS WINCKLERLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH BAWALCorporal · December 6, 1967
- DWIGHT GERALD REICHLELance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · December 28, 1969
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.