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DALE RUSSELL PAVEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 16, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordDale Russell Pavey, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 100
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 100
- JAMES MICHAEL PANKIEWICZSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD PARKERStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1969
- JOSE LUIS SALAZARPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- JOSEPH WAYNE SELL JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY JOE HASSLERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 97
- ROBERT CARY MAHANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 99
- TONEY FRANCIS MYCKA JRCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 99
- FLOYD LESTER STEWARDSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
- THOMAS RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 101
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.