Daniel William Daley

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REMEMBERED ACROSS THE YEARS

Virtual Wall Note The classic cordon operation of the Vietnam war began on April 28, 1968, around the village of Phuoc Yen. The battle began with units from the 2nd Bde, 101st Airborne, trapping the 8th Bn, 90th NVA Regiment, in the "stocking" area of the Song Bo River two miles northwest of Hue. For four days, companies from three 2nd Brigade battalions, together with local Popular Forces (PF's) and a company from the 1st ARVN Division, lay siege to the village complex that intelligence sources said was harboring an NVA battalion. Although the Allied forces were supported by batteries of the 21st Artillery, helicopter gunships, and Air Force fighter-bombers, defeat of the NVA battalion rested with the infantrymen. On the morning of the fifth day, with 419 NVA soldiers known dead, the remaining 107 surrendered, the first North Vietnamese Army unit to surrender en masse to an American unit in the history of the war. Alpha Company, 2nd of the 502st Infantry, lost seven men in the battle for Phuoc Yen. PFC Dan Daley was one of them.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is his brother, Tom Daley tom.daley@ncr.com  02 Dec 2002

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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