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MICHAEL JAMES DALEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1948 – March 16, 1967
Service recordMichael James Daley, of Union, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 89
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
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Union, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 89
- NORMAN RICHARD CATLINPrivate · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CHADWICKMaster Sergeant · March 16, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
From Union
- CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JRCaptain · September 3, 1966
- EDWARD BRUCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- JEFFREY WAYNE KOONCESergeant · November 19, 1967
- FREDDIE WHITAKERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- EDWARD WESLEY PAWLOWSKILieutenant (junior grade) · March 23, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · October 9, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLOSergeant · May 4, 1970
- RONALD C WALTERSCorporal · December 16, 1970
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.