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DALE DARREL DEFORD
Major · U.S. Army
October 20, 1937 – April 25, 1966
Service recordDale Darrel Deford, of Elwood, Nebraska, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 133
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineer (7110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 20, 1937
- Home of record
- Elwood, Nebraska (Gosper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 133
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE TURNERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- FREDERICK CHARLES CAINCorporal · April 25, 1966
From Elwood
- KENDALL HANSON CLARKSpecialist Four · 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.