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DALE ARNOLD ECKOFF
Seaman · U.S. Navy
June 23, 1947 – February 3, 1969
Service recordDale Arnold Eckoff, of Long Beach, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 49
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- June 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 49
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- LESLIE ARTHUR JERSTADPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- LESTER JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.