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DANNY WADE ALDAY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
October 23, 1947 – June 14, 1968
Service recordDanny Wade Alday, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 16
- CHARLES SYLVESTER BERANEKFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS CHRISTYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT CLAYPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- TERRY PHILIP BRADYCorporal · September 29, 1968
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.