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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dale Robert Hood.

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DALE ROBERT HOOD

Private First Class · U.S. Army

September 5, 1950 – April 7, 1971

Service record

Dale Robert Hood, of Lewisville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4W · Line 111

Position of Panel 4W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
5 INF DIV MECH
Born
September 5, 1950
Home of record
Lewisville, Ohio (Monroe County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 7, 1971
Age
20
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 4W, Line 111

Same unit, same day

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.