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DALE WILLARD DEHNKE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – May 18, 1971
Service recordDale Willard Dehnke, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1971. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 39
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1971
- LARRY LEE ROBINSONSergeant · May 17, 1971
- DAVID PECOR SOYLANDChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 17, 1971
- DANNY DAY ENTRICANCaptain · May 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANNY DAY ENTRICANCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 39
- GARY LYNN HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 40
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 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.