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DALE ERVIN SATHOFF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1945 – July 30, 1970
Service recordDale Ervin Sathoff, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 71
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY SCHROEDERLance Corporal · July 30, 1970
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL SPRINGERPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES WHITTONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE AUTENSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 68
- JEROLD FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 69
- EDISON AMOS HARKINS IIICorporal · Panel 8W, Line 69
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 70
- EDWARD JAMES WHITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 71
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.