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DALE PORTER BERTHOUX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1935 – November 26, 1967
Service recordDale Porter Berthoux, of Jerseyville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 88
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1935
- Home of record
- Jerseyville, Illinois (Jersey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 88
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- HERBERT OWEN BRENNANColonel · November 26, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · Panel 30E, Line 88
- JAMES WILLIAM HICKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 91
- EDWARD C HIGGINS IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 91
- DONALD HENRY MIKULECKYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 93
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 93
From Jerseyville
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MILLERPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- IVAN DAVID ROTHFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE MCCLAINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOYCorporal · January 21, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PAYNTERPetty Officer Second Class · January 7, 1971
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.