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WALTER EUGENE DANIELS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1937 – November 15, 1966
Service recordWalter Eugene Daniels, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 73
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 73
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JOSEPH RODNEY CRAFTLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
- JOSEPH ALEXANDER CROSSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- JIMMY SHERMAN DAFFRONLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 76
- BUDDY ALFONZA STANLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 77
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.