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DALE RICHARD MCINNIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1943 – February 7, 1966
Service recordDale Richard McInnis, of Pierre, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Pierre, South Dakota (Hughes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 13
- ALFRED LEWIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- CARL SHERRELL MAYSSpecialist Five · February 7, 1966
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
From Pierre
- ROBERT RUSSELL LEWISFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 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.