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ROBERT THOMAS MCDANIEL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 17, 1945 – July 5, 1967
Service recordRobert Thomas McDaniel, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 10
- WILLIAM V FREDERICKLieutenant Colonel · May 25, 1965
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- PEDRO FERRA-FLORESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- BERNARD FRANCIS FORDAirman First Class · July 5, 1967
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
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.