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EDWARD JOSEPH DALTON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1943 – August 14, 1966
Service recordEdward Joseph Dalton JR, of Concord, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Concord, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 4
- DAVID BANKS BRYANTPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- DARYL RAYMOND CORFMANPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- CURTIS ABBOT EATONColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LAURIE LEON ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 3
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 3
- JAMES LOGAN MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 5
- JEFFREY BURTON WAGMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 6
From Concord
- WILLIAM EMERSONCaptain · November 20, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT DICKEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
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.