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DARYL LEE LIGONS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – December 26, 1967
Service recordDaryl Lee Ligons, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 64
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 30 ARTY
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 64
- BARRY STUART KYLESpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- MATTHEW PAUL MALCZYNSKISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- DONALD FRANCIS MCDOWELLPetty Officer Second Class · December 26, 1967
- LARRY LEE ORCUTTSergeant · December 26, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.