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DALE RICHARD BUIS
Major · U.S. Army
August 29, 1921 – July 8, 1959
Service recordDale Richard Buis, of Pender, Nebraska, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1959, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 29, 1921
- Home of record
- Pender, Nebraska (Thurston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1959
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1959. In July 1959, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 1
- CHESTER MELVIN OVNANDMaster Sergeant · July 8, 1959
- MAURICE W FLOURNOYStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1960
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
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.