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Born in New York City and educated at La Salle Military Academy (now St. John's University), University of Pennsylvania (B.A.), George Washington University (M.S.A.) and Fordham University School of Law (J.D.), Dan served as a US Army Infantry Officer during 1970 to 1971 in Vietnam, where he was promoted to the rank of Captain and served as Assistant District Senior Advisor as a part of MACV-CORDS Advisory Team 16 in Hà Lam Hamlet, Thăng Bình District (map), Quảng Tin (now Quảng Nam) Province. He earned various military decorations, including the Combat Infantryman's Badge, 2 Bronze Stars for valor, the Air Medal and the Cross of Gallantry from the Republic of Vietnam. He was one of two US Army Officers described in a front page article by Peter A. Jay in the Washington Post on Monday, May 3, 1971 entitled "A Vanishing American Role; Vietnamese Replace Advisers - U.S. Role Lessens In Calm Viet District" involving an armed midnight motorbike patrol along rice paddy dikes in the rural Vietnamese countryside. One of the two reporters involved recently said of this night that it was the only time that he felt he had to carry a weapon for personal protection during his entire time in Vietnam. Dan has a strong, continuing interest in military and veterans affairs.