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DALE RODNEY KARPENSKE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1940 – March 9, 1968
Service recordDale Rodney Karpenske, of Amery, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 67
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Amery, Wisconsin (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 67
- FRANCIS R HITTINGER JRLieutenant Colonel · March 9, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- DONALD REECE IRBYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
From Amery
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- KENT LEROY JOHNSTONECorporal · February 4, 1967
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.