Name: WO1 James Lee Daniel
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 09/02/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 25.9
Date of Birth: 10/21/1941
Home City: Athens, TN
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 119 AHC, 52 CAB
Major organization: other
Flight class: 66-23/66-21
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 25E-082
Short Summary: Flew into fog then turned into a hill at Jackson Hole with James Gilbert Bosley. Crew chief and gunner survived.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 66-16373
Service number: W3155231
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: *
Primary cause: A/C Accident WX
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 03/06/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died while missing
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Baptist - other groups
Burial information: SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK, CLEVELAND, TN
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 08/07/2000
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