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DWAYNE HELTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – September 13, 1968
Service recordDwayne Helton, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 48
- RAYMOND COBBPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- MCVINCENT GODFREY JRPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- HOWARD BROWN HANDLEYStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1968
- GILMER EARL HUMPHREYSSergeant · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALAN GERMEK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 47
- CHARLES ALBERT NOLAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.