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CLARENCE ELMER DALTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1948 – November 7, 1967
Service recordClarence Elmer Dalton JR, of Rollinsville, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Rollinsville, Colorado (Gilpin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 39
- DAVID EARL CALKINSCorporal · November 7, 1967
- GEORGE DONALD CLAYTONPlatoon Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- JOSEPH MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.