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TOMMY LEON DANIELS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1947 – December 26, 1967
Service recordTommy Leon Daniels, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 62
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- JOSEPH THAXTER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 26, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN ELLISPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.