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DALE L POSEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 20, 1940 – May 17, 1968
Service recordDale L Posey, of Ava, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Born
- October 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Ava, Missouri (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 10
- STEPHEN WAYNE QUINNCorporal · May 17, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY RALPH JRCaptain · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID RAVERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD REINERPrivate First Class · May 17, 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.