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WAYNE IVAN MCDANIEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1942 – September 2, 1967
Service recordWayne Ivan McDaniel, of Boswell, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Boswell, Indiana (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 88
- CRAIG ERIC MCCORKLESpecialist Four · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES MCGEE IVLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- HOLLIS RAY MCKINNEY JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD NORBUTLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ARTHUR MERRILLSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 87
- HOLLIS RAY MCKINNEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 88
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.