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MICHAEL MORAN DALTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1946 – June 9, 1971
Service recordMichael Moran Dalton, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 71
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 71
- HUGH AMES SEXTON JRSergeant · June 9, 1971
- ROBERT LEE SIMMONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 9, 1971
- JOHNNY ARTHURSpecialist Five · June 10, 1971
- CARL WARDEN BREWSTERSergeant · June 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN KNIGHT MASDENSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 70
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
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.