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WILLIAM ALVIN DANIELS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1948 – June 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam Alvin Daniels JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 104
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 104
- JERRY M BORKHOLDERPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- ROBERT LINCOLN CRITES JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- DANNY G ENDICOTTCorporal · June 21, 1969
- ROBERT EDWIN FREITASSergeant First Class · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GONZIE GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 105
- ROGER LEE JOYCESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 105
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 106
- EDWIN PEREZ PAGANSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 107
- JOHNNY WENDELL PHILLIPSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 108
- JOSE MIGUEL TOROSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 109
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.