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DAVID JAMES DALTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – May 14, 1967
Service recordDavid James Dalton, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 116
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- JOHN EARL CRONINPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOSEPH L DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- BENITO REYNA GONZALEZCorporal · May 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL WARREN BEARYPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 115
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.