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DALE ALLEN PERKINS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1939 – November 3, 1966
Service recordDale Allen Perkins, of Oregon City, Oregon, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 15
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Oregon City, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 15
- LARRY LEE LIBBEEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID MONFOREPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- CLYDE J PERKINSFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L FOWBLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 13
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 13
- RONALD EUGENE HESSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JAMES MARION KLINKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- THOMAS ALOYSIUS LAWLESSSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
From Oregon City
- CHARLES LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- GARY LYLE KESTLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DWIGHT HAYESSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DONALD DEAN BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
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.