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ROGER PAUL MCDANIEL
Private · U.S. Army
December 24, 1945 – July 6, 1967
Service recordRoger Paul McDaniel, of Quinwood, West Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Quinwood, West Virginia (Greenbrier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 21
- THOMAS LUTHER MCCARTERHospitalman · July 6, 1967
- STEVEN WESLEY MCGEELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE MCKEECorporal · July 6, 1967
- SYLVESTER MCNEILCorporal · July 6, 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.