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DALE LEON EISAMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1948 – March 18, 1969
Service recordDale Leon Eisaman, of Arona, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Arona, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 68
- RICHARD BERT BRUCESpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MARGARITO FERNANDEZ JRSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.