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PAUL MARION DAILEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 29, 1951 – May 1, 1970
Service recordPaul Marion Dailey, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 79
- ROBERT LEE COLLETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1970
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · May 1, 1970
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · May 1, 1970
- JIMMY ARNOLD HILLSergeant · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KEITH SAM ARNESONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 78
From Parkersburg
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDSSergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 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.