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ROBERT LLOYD DALTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1951 – February 19, 1971
Service recordRobert Lloyd Dalton, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 120
- CURTIS EARL BURKETTSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
- ANTHONY JOSEPH CARACCILO JRCorporal · February 19, 1971
- GERALD ALFRED GRAYPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
- JAMES LARRY HULLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOSEPH CARACCILO JRCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 120
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 121
- CHARLES TONEY MATTHEWSSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 121
- LYLE ELTON SMITHSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 121
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.