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DALE ELWYN COLLYER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1921 – January 9, 1969
Service recordDale Elwyn Collyer, of Hillsdale, Michigan, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 58
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1921
- Home of record
- Hillsdale, Michigan (Hillsdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 47
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 58
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · January 9, 1969
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · January 9, 1969
- STEPHEN BERNARD CARLINFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
From Hillsdale
- CLAIR DUANE DOTYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- DONALD LEE BENNETTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- CLIFFORD LYNN BREEDEN JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- DAVID SCOTT GREILINGCommander · July 24, 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.