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DALE GEORGE HELGESON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1945 – March 1, 1969
Service recordDale George Helgeson, of Lawndale, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 4
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Lawndale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 4
- THOMAS LEE GAINES JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY HARVEYPrivate · March 1, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL HOBBSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- GEORGE VICTOR JMAEFFCorporal · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL GRIMENSTEIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 3
- FRANK WILDERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- DONALD RICHARD MAYBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- STEVEN REY SEGURASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 8
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 8
From Lawndale
- JIMMY DEVER BACCUSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- WILLIAM A THORNTON JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- JERRY DOYLE ATKINSONCorporal · March 30, 1968
- BOBBY JOE GRAVELSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- BRUCE STUART LINDSAYLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- BYRON LEE NOTT JRSecond Lieutenant · December 31, 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.