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DALE ARDEN WAID
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – October 2, 1966
Service recordDale Arden Waid, of Independence, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHD 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Independence, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 38
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- BELMIRO TAVARES JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- KENNETH ORVILLE ALFSTADPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- BILLY JACK CLAYTONAirman First Class · October 3, 1966
From Independence
- FREDERICK JAMES LECHAKSergeant First Class · June 14, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN SADICKPrivate First Class · January 24, 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.