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EUGENE THOMAS DALY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1945 – November 2, 1968
Service recordEugene Thomas Daly JR, of Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 7
- TERRY LEE ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · November 2, 1968
- REFUGIO CANALESSpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- RALPH R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- JAMES EDGAR DUNKIN JRSergeant First Class · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 7
- RALPH R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 7
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.