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DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1936 – November 13, 1968
Service recordDale Franklin Rollins, of St Ignatius, Montana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1936
- Home of record
- St Ignatius, Montana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; six of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 62
- JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
- LASZIO RABELStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND RADESPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- JOSE CARLOS SANTOSFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BRANIN JRCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- DONALD LARRY KEETERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 60
- THOMAS ANDREW NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 61
- JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 62
From St Ignatius
- JEAN BAPTISTE INCASHOLAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JOSEPH LOUIS POKERJIMPrivate · October 12, 1967
- GILBERT LEROY ZERBSTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- CLARENCE FRANK BRISTOLSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.