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DALE ALLEN SCHEPP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1948 – December 9, 1969
Service recordDale Allen Schepp, of Wausau, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 43
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Wausau, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 43
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANESpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- JOSEPH HOWARD OBMANSpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- JOE B OJEDASpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- REGGINALD WILLIAM PLUMMERStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1969
From Wausau
- KENNETH DAVID ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- JAMES MYRON RINGLEPrivate · March 31, 1967
- WAYNE DALE KRUEGERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- RONALD JON HASKOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- GARY RAYMOND MIRACLELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID LEE TESSMERCorporal · May 27, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KRZMARCIKPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.