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KEVIN MELBOURNE DAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1947 – March 23, 1967
Service recordKevin Melbourne Dailey, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 28
- RICHARD FRANCIS DUNHAMCorporal · March 23, 1967
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN LUTHER FULLER JRSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 29
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 30
- JOE A SAUCEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 31
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 32
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.