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WILLIAM DANIELS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordWilliam Daniels JR, of Calexico, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Calexico, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 4
- RAYMOND WARREN DEMEOLASergeant · May 14, 1969
- WILLARD J DUFRESNE JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- JOSEPH WARREN FREEMAN JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- ERIC JOSEPH GRECOSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WARREN FREEMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 4
- JIMMY LEE MCLELLANSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 9
- DANIEL JOHN SHEAPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 12
- LARRY VIRGIL WOLFRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 14
From Calexico
- GEORGE RICHARD ANNOSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- LUIS ALFONSO LOPEZ-RAMOSSergeant · June 3, 1968
- RAMON S HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
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.