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JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – February 13, 1968
Service recordJoseph D Daughton JR, of San Leandro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39E, Line 19
- JIMMIE MICHAEL COUTOLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- WAYNE FRANKLIN CRAPSEPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- JIMMY ALLEN DARNELLPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- JOHN LEWIS STOWPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE MICHAEL CAMPIONSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 18
- GARY CRAIG PORTPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 24
- AARON HENRY REIGLESergeant · Panel 39E, Line 24
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT DALE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
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.