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DAYMON DONALD HORN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1931 – December 6, 1965
Service recordDaymon Donald Horn, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 16, 1931
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 135
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- HERBERT ALLEN HILFIKERPetty Officer Third Class · December 6, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALLEN ROBERTSONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 136
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FOREMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
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.