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CAROL DEAN DALE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1946 – March 18, 1970
Service recordCarol Dean Dale, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- June 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Morganton, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 17
- OSCAR ALLEN CONNELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
- NATHANIEL COX JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1970
- RALPH RONALD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1970
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · March 18, 1970
From Morganton
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 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.