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DALE L BLUME
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 17, 1941 – May 14, 1968
Service recordDale L Blume, of Rosemead, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 8
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
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Rosemead, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 8
- JON ALLEN BAKERCorporal · May 14, 1968
- THOMAS A BARRETTSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- SEYMOUR R BASSMajor · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES BECK JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DINAPOLI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 10
From Rosemead
- MICHAEL DENNIS CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN LEWISMaster Sergeant · April 16, 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.