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JOHN EMERY DAYTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1929 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Emery Dayton, of Washington, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1929
- Home of record
- Washington, Indiana (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 122
- PETER ALLAN COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1970
- RAYMOND WILLIAM DEGE IIISpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- FRANCISCO PENA DELGADOCorporal · May 7, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE DILLSSergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN ORWIGSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
From Washington
- ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1965
- JOHN ROY CHAPMANLieutenant · April 3, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · February 6, 1969
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- TIMOTHY JAMES LYNCHSpecialist Four · August 16, 1971
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.