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DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1945 – November 30, 1967
Service recordDale Christopher Pehrson, of Redding, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 16
- CLARENCE LEROY PALMERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- LARRY THOMAS PARKERPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- STEPHEN RICHARD PORCELLAMajor · November 30, 1967
- JACK ROGERSCorporal · November 30, 1967
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · July 20, 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.