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DALE ERVIN FRUHLING
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – August 12, 1969
Service recordDale Ervin Fruhling, of Kearney, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Kearney, Nebraska (Buffalo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 12
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- DONALD GARY DILLARDSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · August 12, 1969
- JOSE LUIS FLORESSergeant · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LUCKY STEPHENSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 25
From Kearney
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1968
- CARL RAY WARDSergeant · June 15, 1968
- FRANK W KINKAID JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
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.