Rank: Corporal
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 91B – Medical Specialist
Awards: Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Medical Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: Medic attached to G Troop, 2/11 ACR
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 29-Oct-1951
Hometown: Parkersburg, West Virginia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 6-May-1969
Start of tour: 4-Dec-1969
Incident date: 1-May-1970
Date of casualty: 1-May-1970
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Unknown. Other causes.
Paul Marion Dailey was killed while a passenger on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Medic on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance in force mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Keith Sam Arneson
CPL Paul Marion Dailey
Location of fatality: Cambodia, XT 485 964
Place of interment: Evergreen Cemetery North, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
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SILVER STAR
POSTHUMOUS
PFC PAUL MARION DAILEY
1 MAY 1970
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS TROOP, 2nd SQUADRON
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
Private First Class Dailey distinguished himself for gallantry in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force on 1 May 1970, while serving as a Medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, in the Republic of Vietnam. On this date, Troop G, to which Private Dailey was attached, and Company H were on a reconnaissance mission in Cambodia, when they encountered a well-fortified enemy force. Two of the lead tanks received hits from rocket-propelled grenades which injured the crew members and totally disabled the vehicles. Dismounting his own vehicle, Private Dailey ran to assist the injured men. However, the enemy fusillade was so intense that he was unable to aid them. Again, disregarding his own safety, Private Dailey quickly mounted one of the nearby vehicles and began placing intense suppressive fire towards the enemy from an exposed position. He bravely continued his barrage until an enemy rocket-propelled grenade struck the vehicle, mortally wounding him. Private Dailey’s actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam, General Orders No. 2793 (July 1, 1970)