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ROBERT ALAN DALTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1947 – March 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Alan Dalton, of Parma, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 97
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 97
- RONALD SANDERS COLSONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT SCOTT DAVISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- WILLIAM LORANCE DENTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN D ASHLEY IISpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 94
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 95
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 96
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 98
- THOMAS EDWARD JONES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- ALBERT OTTO KRAUSSERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 101
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 103
- THOMAS MCKNETT NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 104
- DAVID BRUCE PETERSONCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 1
- ROBERT EMMETT PIERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 1
- RENE ANTHONY SANTOSSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 1
- DALE LOUIS STOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 4
- GERALD RICHARD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 5
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 5
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
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.
