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WILLIAM CLARENCE DAYTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1945 – February 25, 1967
Service recordWilliam Clarence Dayton, of Ross Neck, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Ross Neck, Maryland
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 89
- JOE WILSON BARNESSergeant · February 25, 1967
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
- DONOVAN KEITH ELWELLPrivate · February 25, 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.