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DAVID LEON DAILEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1951 – May 20, 1970
Service recordDavid Leon Dailey, of Vader, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Surveillance And Target Acquisition Crewman (17A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Vader, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 69
- RICHARD CHARLES BRULECorporal · May 20, 1970
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · May 20, 1970
- SALVADOR GUTIERREZ DURANStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ARTHUR CARDENASSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 68
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.