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DALTON MAIN ESTEIN
Captain · U.S. Army
March 14, 1934 – April 6, 1968
Service recordDalton Main Estein, of Waco, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 26
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Maintenance & Repair Officer (4803)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 26
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- GARY DUANE FORTNERSpecialist Five · April 6, 1968
- ORONZO GEMMATICorporal · April 6, 1968
- BOBBY JOE GRAVELSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH CHESTER WIGHT JRMajor · Panel 48E, Line 37
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.