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DALE ALAN MACARTHUR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 16, 1947 – December 8, 1969
Service recordDale Alan Macarthur, of Sunnyside, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 8, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Sunnyside, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- 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 December 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 39
- CARL RICHARD DICEMajor · December 8, 1969
- WILLIAM P MCCARRON JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
- GARY HENTON MITCHELLPrivate · December 8, 1969
From Sunnyside
- ROGER LYNN SHREWSBERRYCorporal · September 1, 1968
- TERRY LYNN GREENHALGHCaptain · December 22, 1968
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.