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MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 30, 1949 – November 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph Dalton, of Ferguson, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Ferguson, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 73
- GERALD RANDAL DASEN IIISpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- RONALD GENE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- KENNETH GLENN ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GENE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 73
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 73
From Ferguson
- REAVIS A MONTREY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS LIESECorporal · August 29, 1967
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · August 5, 1968
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- KENNETH JOSEPH KREUTZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- THOMAS LAMBERT LUBBERSFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- JERRY ROY MARCOStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- EUGENE RICHARD GUDISWITZLance Corporal · June 18, 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.