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WALTON GARLAND DALEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 13, 1949 – February 25, 1969
Service recordWalton Garland Daley, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 45
- ROBERT ALLEN COFFEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CLIFFORD DALE COMBSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE CURTISPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODGER DALE HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 49
- FREDERICK R RATLIFF JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 56
- THOMAS CRAIG WARNERSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 61
- JAMES EDWARD WISESpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 62
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.