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DALE ALLEN PEARCE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 26, 1950 – May 17, 1971
Service recordDale Allen Pearce, of Mentor, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Mentor, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 39
- LARRY LEE ROBINSONSergeant · May 17, 1971
- DAVID PECOR SOYLANDChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 17, 1971
- DALE WILLARD DEHNKEStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1971
- DANNY DAY ENTRICANCaptain · May 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PECOR SOYLANDChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 3W, Line 39
From Mentor
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- LOYD EDWARD STROISCHSergeant · April 12, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID STICKLEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LESTER NESSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
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.