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DALE ALLEN FAHRNI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1950 – May 7, 1969
Service recordDale Allen Fahrni, of Spring Green, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Spring Green, Wisconsin (Sauk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 16
- ANTHONY PHILIP AGARSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BORDENSergeant · May 7, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH GLYNN JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- WALLIS GILBERT PATTERSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 17
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.