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MICHAEL FRANCIS DALTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1949 – May 14, 1968
Service recordMichael Francis Dalton, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 10
- EDWIN PHILLIP DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOSE RAMON DIANA-DIAZPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOHN DINAPOLI JRFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.