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DALE EDWARD GREIFE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – June 10, 1970
Service recordDale Edward Greife, of Union, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 38
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Union, Missouri (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 38
- EDWARD LOUIS EVANSSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- STEFANO GIARDINASpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- JIMMY LEON GOODELLLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
- LOWELL GEORGE HARDMEYERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE RASHSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 40
From Union
- THOMAS JAMES TOLLIVERCaptain · September 18, 1965
- GARY RAY BURNETTSergeant · March 5, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · May 20, 1970
- RONALD PAUL REMBOLDTSpecialist Four · December 4, 1971
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.