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THOMAS RAY DANIELS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – February 20, 1969
Service recordThomas Ray Daniels, of Dawson, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Dawson, Minnesota (Lac Qui Parle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 64
- ALAN CLARENCE BURTNESSSpecialist Five · February 20, 1969
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- MARVIN ANDREW DEVAULTCorporal · February 20, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS FRANKESeaman · February 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.