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DANIEL ALVEY LAMBDIN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 28, 1937 – July 20, 1966
Service recordDaniel Alvey Lambdin, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AVN CO
- Born
- April 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “68 AVN CO”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 48
- MERRILL RAYMOND LEWIS JRColonel · May 25, 1966
- RONALD JAY KINKEADEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 20, 1966
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HUMPHREY NELSONColonel · July 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANDREW DILLONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 45
- RONALD JAY KINKEADEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9E, Line 48
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.