Rank: Private, Pv-2 (Army), Pvt (Airforce, Marine Corps)
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11C – Indirect Fire Infantryman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 24-Dec-1945
Hometown: Quinwood, West Virginia
Marital status: Married to Delta C. McDaniel
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 8-Nov-1965
Start of tour: 11-Aug-1966
Incident date: 6-Jul-1967
Date of casualty: 6-Jul-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Roger Paul McDaniel was passenger on a military vehicle during combat operation when the vehicle hit a hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Crawley, West Virginia, USA
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