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DARELD NORVAL BORDERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – July 2, 1968
Service recordDareld Norval Borders, of Mission, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 35
- JAMES ALFRED BRADY SRWarrant Officer 1 · July 2, 1968
- ALBERT LEROY BROMLEYSergeant · July 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALLEN CANNSpecialist Four · July 2, 1968
- WILLIE B CATLINGSpecialist Four · July 2, 1968
From Mission
- JACK WARREN PHILLIPSCaptain · October 14, 1967
- GAYLORD BLAIN HENDRICKSONPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH IISpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · March 21, 1970
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.