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MAJOR ROY DALTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1946 – January 2, 1967
Service recordMajor Roy Dalton JR, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 107
- MICHAEL D CANNADAYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- GEORGE S PHENNEYStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY RAIFORD JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY DEAN ALLENPetty Officer First Class · January 2, 1967
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DEAN CALVIN SPENCER IIISpecialist Four · June 7, 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.