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BENNIE DALE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordBennie Dale, of Wide Ruins, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Wide Ruins, Arizona (Apache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 3
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 12, 1968
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN GLENN ABBOTTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 29
- GARY LEE ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 58E, Line 29
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 30
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · Panel 58E, Line 31
- LEONARD JAMES DALMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 1
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 59E, Line 3
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT NULL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 59E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 14
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.