Daniels, Antonio Armondo
Navy Operations specialist

Antonio Armondo Daniels, age 21, from Greeleyville, South Carolina, Williamsburg county.

Parents: Georgia Daniels

Service era: Cold War
Schools: C.E. Murray High (1983)

Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Cemetery: Florence National

Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Greenville News (1987)