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DALE BURTON MOILANEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1947 – February 1, 1972
Service recordDale Burton Moilanen, of Hubbell, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1972, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hubbell, Michigan (Houghton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1972; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 103
- DONALD GERALD BAILEYCorporal · January 11, 1972
- GARY WILSON YORKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1972
- PAUL G BASTCaptain · February 1, 1972
- CHARLES H STONEMajor · February 2, 1972
- JAMES J CRAWFORDCaptain · February 3, 1972
From Hubbell
- DAVID JUDE CAVISSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
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.