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DALE WALTER MEAD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1949 – February 8, 1971
Service recordDale Walter Mead, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 88
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 88
- KYLE CLINTON HOLFELTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1971
- RANDALL LYNN HARRISCorporal · February 8, 1971
- KEVIN PETER KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- LEWIS DONALD MEYER JRCorporal · February 8, 1971
- JOSEPH WAYNE MILEYSergeant · February 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BARRY LYNN BRINEGARCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 86
- RANDALL LYNN HARRISCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 88
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 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.