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DALE LEROY FUGATE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1941 – November 9, 1965
Service recordDale Leroy Fugate, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 39
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 39
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- TROY BYRON WILLIAMSSergeant · November 8, 1965
- CARL THOMAS BAALSpecialist Five · November 9, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.