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WILLIAM LAWREN MCDANIELS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – September 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lawren McDaniels, of Dewey, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Dewey, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương 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 27E, Line 30
- CRAIG ALLAN MCDANIELStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1967
- FREDDIE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- CLYDE VERNON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 29
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 31
- BOBBY JAMES SHELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 31
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.