James Lesley Dayton
Warrant Officer First Class, U.S. Army
281st Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Granite City, Illinois
Date of Birth: February 23, 1947
Date of Death: May 08, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Warrant Officer, First Class Dayton was a member of 281st Aviation Company, 10th Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. On May 8, 1968, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Huey Utility Helicopter (UH-1C) on a combat support mission 35 miles southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam. The aircraft was turning when it experienced a midair explosion and plunged into the Buong River bank. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Warrant Officer First Class, U.S. Army
281st Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Granite City, Illinois
Date of Birth: February 23, 1947
Date of Death: May 08, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Warrant Officer, First Class Dayton was a member of 281st Aviation Company, 10th Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. On May 8, 1968, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Huey Utility Helicopter (UH-1C) on a combat support mission 35 miles southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam. The aircraft was turning when it experienced a midair explosion and plunged into the Buong River bank. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
James Lesley Dayton
Warrant Officer First Class, U.S. Army
281st Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Granite City, Illinois
Date of Birth: February 23, 1947
Date of Death: May 08, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Warrant Officer, First Class Dayton was a member of 281st Aviation Company, 10th Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. On May 8, 1968, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Huey Utility Helicopter (UH-1C) on a combat support mission 35 miles southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam. The aircraft was turning when it experienced a midair explosion and plunged into the Buong River bank. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Warrant Officer First Class, U.S. Army
281st Aviation Company
Entered the Service From: Granite City, Illinois
Date of Birth: February 23, 1947
Date of Death: May 08, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Warrant Officer, First Class Dayton was a member of 281st Aviation Company, 10th Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. On May 8, 1968, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Huey Utility Helicopter (UH-1C) on a combat support mission 35 miles southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam. The aircraft was turning when it experienced a midair explosion and plunged into the Buong River bank. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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