Mechling, Daniel Gary
Army Specialist 4

Daniel Gary Mechling, age 23, from Armstrong County Kittanning, Pennsylvania .

Parents: Lawson J. Mchling

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Kittanning High (1960)

Date of death: Tuesday, January 25, 1966
Death details: He was en route to join a new offensive against the Viet Cong when the transport plane slammed into a hillside in Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, UPI (1966), Associated Press (1966)