Daniel-Ray-Twitty

PFC DANIEL RAY TWITTY


Twitty arrived at Fort Campbell, KY in 1967 and was assigned to 1st Platoon. He went with A Company to Vietnam, December 1967. Twitty gets first prize for the most and best body art. Every payday he would go to Clarksville or Nashville and get a tattoo.



MEDALS AND AWARDS Combat Infantry Badge Purple Heart National Defense Service Vietnam Service Vietnam Campaign Medal Jump Wings UNIT CITATIONS RVN Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation

PHOTOS

PFC Daniel R. Twitty picture taken 2 days before he was killed

unknown - Daniel R. Twitty - unknown - Fred Bender - unknown. Soldier waiving in the background unknown.
Cu Chi, South Vietnam - 1967

Alfred Cobb & PFC Daniel R Twitty
Cu Chi, Vietnam - 1968

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

This is a perfect example why this site is so important.Families and friends were misinformed or not told the cause of death Twitty was not killed during a mortar attack. He was killed by a sniper. I have a copy of the autopsy report to confirm this and I was there when he died. Read the eye witness accounts of April 6, 1968.

Comments by Floyd Turnley

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service - 101st Airborne Division - Sacramento, CA. Length of service 1 years. His tour began on Dec 14, 1967. Casualty was on Apr 6, 1968 in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM, HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS. Alpha Company lost 11 soldiers in this event. Read more about April 6th 1968 here. Body was recovered. Panel 48E - Line 36

Twitty Died: April 6, 1968 at Quang Tri, South Vietnam due to hostile fire

BIRTH 30 Jul 1948, Daviess County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 6 Apr 1968 (aged 19), Quảng Trị, Vietnam

BURIAL - Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA. PLOT S 0 1212

OBITUARY

I couldn't find an actual obituary. All I found was the article by his schoolmate Kathie Kloss Marynik.