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DALE FRANCIS TEGELMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1947 – July 17, 1967
Service recordDale Francis Tegelman, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 83
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS CO HQS BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 83
- SAMUEL PAOLETTICorporal · July 17, 1967
- EARNEST DEE RITCHIESergeant · July 17, 1967
- CLIFFORD WILLIAM SILVIAStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- DAVID ARLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · May 5, 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.