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BERTRAND JAHN DACEY
Captain · U.S. Army
November 10, 1943 – April 27, 1969
Service recordBertrand Jahn Dacey, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 10, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 61
- MICHAEL EUGENE COURTRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS CROWSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- RICHARD IRA CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- EARL MERRILL DENEENSergeant · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY ARNOLD HARVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 63
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 26W, Line 65
- LORNE JAY SIPPERLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 67
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.