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THOMAS FRED DANIELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1949 – October 20, 1969
Service recordThomas Fred Daniell, of Aragon, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 95
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Asphalt Equipment Operator (62D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 169 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Aragon, Georgia (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 95
- RICHARD JAMES COSTONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- HAROLD GENE CURTISCorporal · October 20, 1969
- ALBERT LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- DENNIS GAYLE HALLSpecialist Four · October 20, 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.