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SAMUEL WAYMON MCDANIEL II
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 1, 1951 – July 8, 1971
Service recordSamuel Waymon McDaniel II, of Corsicana, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 104
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Corsicana, Texas (Navarro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 104
- RONALD EUGENE BEUTLERSpecialist Four · July 8, 1971
- MARION TRACY GRIFFINSpecialist Five · July 8, 1971
- WAYNE CARLYLE PISCIOTTASpecialist Four · July 8, 1971
- JOHN HENRY MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · July 9, 1971
From Corsicana
- DONALD LOYE RICHARDSONCorporal · August 11, 1966
- AUTRY GREENStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- RONALD LYNN MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · January 1, 1968
- JOSEPH EWING SMITHSergeant · September 5, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL BLUEStaff Sergeant · May 24, 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.