Vietnam War
Unit | 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment |
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Rank | Specialist 4 U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | Collinsville Illinois |
Date of Death | July 24 1971 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Specialist, Fourth Class Dalton was a member of Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, 12th Aviation Group. On July 24, 1971, he was the door gunner in a Hughes Cayuse Observation Helicopter on a reconnaissance mission over Cambodia when it was shot down 5 miles inside Cambodia, in Kracheh Province just a few miles southeast of Snuol. His remains were recovered and identified on January 18, 2011. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.