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ALBERT EUGENE DAHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1948 – May 13, 1968
Service recordAlbert Eugene Dahl, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 18
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD BRUCE CALDWELL JRSergeant · May 13, 1968
- STEPHAN CODRINGTONCorporal · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 16
- JOSEPH ADAMSSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- GEORGE COLEMANCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 19
- MOSES JAMES COUSINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- ROGER JOSEPH DANAPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALLEN DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- WILLIAM DENNIS HANSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 21
- GARY JOSEPH GILINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- ANDREW L HEIDERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- JAMES DONALD HESSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 23
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 23
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD MAYSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 26
- JOSEPH ANGEL MENASpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 26
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 27
- PATRICK VICTOR MCNEARNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 28
- ALEXANDER E PRUNKA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 29
- THOMAS F PRZYBELSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 29
- WAYNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 2
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
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.