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THOMAS BLAKE DAILY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1940 – May 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Blake Daily, of Hawthorne, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 72
- THOMAS EARL DAVIE JRCaptain · May 21, 1967
- HARRY K DAVISGunnery Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- STEVE CLAYTON DAVISAirman First Class · May 21, 1967
- EUGENE HAROLD DICKINSONSergeant · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH FEEHERYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 73
- RONALD EDWARD WISSMANSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 80
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 1968
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.