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DARRELL LEE COLFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1945 – November 8, 1970
Service recordDarrell Lee Colford, of West Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- West Chicago, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 45
- RONALD LOUIS CLELANDSergeant · November 8, 1970
- JOEL CORONAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1970
- CARROLL DEAN FISHERCorporal · November 8, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1970
From West Chicago
- ALAN JAMES DEANCaptain · April 5, 1967
- RANDALL GORDON JACOBSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- JOHNNY GLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · January 17, 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.