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DALE SCOTT PUISHIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – January 22, 1968
Service recordDale Scott Puishis, of Rochester, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, Washington (Thurston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 11
- THOMAS LEE COTTRELLLance Corporal · January 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEON JOHNSONCorporal · January 22, 1968
- JAMES TERRY RANSTEADSecond Lieutenant · January 22, 1968
- GARY LEE SAXTONLance Corporal · January 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD E STECKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 12
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.