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WALTER RALPH DALEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 21, 1942 – February 1, 1967
Service recordWalter Ralph Daley, of East Brewster, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 103
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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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 21, 1942
- Home of record
- East Brewster, Massachusetts (Barnstable County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 103
- JERRY EDWARD BROOKSPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- JAMES D HENDERSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.