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JAMES WENDALL DALTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – February 19, 1969
Service recordJames Wendall Dalton, of Maineville, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Maineville, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 58
- DAN RAE BYHAMPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD LEE EARLYSergeant First Class · February 19, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- GARY ROY GENTHCorporal · February 19, 1969
- JOHN TERRELL WHITSONSergeant · February 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 57
- GARY ROY GENTHCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- CHARLES MILTON DOWNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 59
- CHARLES FOULKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RONALD JOSEPH HILLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE WAYCASTERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 61
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.