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WILLIAM MANSON DAULTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1950 – October 24, 1970
Service recordWilliam Manson Daulton, of Medora, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 18
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Medora, Indiana (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 18
- TIMOTHY JOHN OCONNORPrivate First Class · October 23, 1970
- RICHARD LEE TATESergeant · October 23, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1970
- JERRY STEVENSON FORDSpecialist Four · October 24, 1970
From Medora
- THOMAS LEON GUTHRIEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1968
- MARTIN DOUGLAS GOENSpecialist Four · April 6, 1971
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.