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JAMES LESLIE DAYTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordJames Leslie Dayton, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 1
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 57E, Line 1
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- PAUL L DARDEN JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- RAYMOND M DASILVA JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- GREG ALAN DUBOISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE THOMAS CONDREY IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56E, Line 37
- ROBERT EARL JENNESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 4
- DANIEL EDWARD JURECKOSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 5
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 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.