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| Twitty arrived at Fort Campbell, KY in 1967 and was assigned to 1st Platoon. He went with A Company to Vietnam, December 1967. SP4 Daniel Ray Twitty Died: April 6, 1968 at Quang Tri, South Vietnam due to hostile fire. |
| Read an eye witness account of April 6, 1968. The day Twitty was killed by a sniper while trying to get help for a wounded trooper. |
Daniel Ray Twitty, the third born of four children of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Twitty, was born July 30,
1948. He had one older brother, Michael, and two sisters, Patricia and Connie. Dan attended Rio
Americano High School in Sacramento, California, his freshman year and Encina High School his last
three years of high school. He was known as a fighter who was fiercely loyal to his friends and
classmates. He was also a motorcycle enthusiast. Leaving school before his 1967 graduation, Dan
volunteered for the draft in March of that year. His basic training was at Fort Polk, Louisiana. When
he completed paratrooper training, his father’s World War II paratrooper wings were pinned on Dan
during the graduation ceremonies.
He was airlifted to Vietnam in December 1967 as a Private First Class with Company A, Second
Battalion, 501st Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. At age 19, on April 6, 1968 in Quang Tri, Dan was
killed during a mortar barrage, the last day of the Communist siege there. Burial was at Golden Gate
National Cemetery (Section S, Site 1212) in San Bruno. In honor of Dan’s memory, a niece born the
following year was named Dani as well as a nephew who was named Daniel born in 1971.
From a schoolmate,
Kathie Kloss Marynik
1948. He had one older brother, Michael, and two sisters, Patricia and Connie. Dan attended Rio
Americano High School in Sacramento, California, his freshman year and Encina High School his last
three years of high school. He was known as a fighter who was fiercely loyal to his friends and
classmates. He was also a motorcycle enthusiast. Leaving school before his 1967 graduation, Dan
volunteered for the draft in March of that year. His basic training was at Fort Polk, Louisiana. When
he completed paratrooper training, his father’s World War II paratrooper wings were pinned on Dan
during the graduation ceremonies.
He was airlifted to Vietnam in December 1967 as a Private First Class with Company A, Second
Battalion, 501st Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. At age 19, on April 6, 1968 in Quang Tri, Dan was
killed during a mortar barrage, the last day of the Communist siege there. Burial was at Golden Gate
National Cemetery (Section S, Site 1212) in San Bruno. In honor of Dan’s memory, a niece born the
following year was named Dani as well as a nephew who was named Daniel born in 1971.
From a schoolmate,
Kathie Kloss Marynik
This is a perfect example why this site is so important.
Families were misinformed or told nothing about the death of their loved ones.
Twitty was not killed during a mortar attack. He was killed by a sniper.
There was not a communist siege. It was an ambush.
Comments by Floyd Turnley
Families were misinformed or told nothing about the death of their loved ones.
Twitty was not killed during a mortar attack. He was killed by a sniper.
There was not a communist siege. It was an ambush.
Comments by Floyd Turnley