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GORDON THOMAS DALTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1944 – December 27, 1967
Service recordGordon Thomas Dalton, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 71
- WILLIAM ROBERT CRITCHFIELDSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- RICHARD NELSON EDDYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- JUDSON WAYNE EMMONSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GUY DALE KISTNERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 75
- JAMES ELLIS LOUDERMILKSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 77
- THOMAS WILLIAM MALLOYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 81
- RICHARD JOHN SOLCZYKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 82
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.