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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dale Don Dwyer.

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DALE DON DWYER

Major · U.S. Army

June 12, 1932 – June 18, 1967

Service record

Dale Don Dwyer, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22E · Line 6

Position of Panel 22E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Air Observation Pilot (1981)
Unit (as recorded)
11 AVN GRP 1 CAV DIV
Born
June 12, 1932
Home of record
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 18, 1967
Age
35
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22E, Line 6

From Milwaukee

All 204 names from Milwaukee →

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.