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DAVID COURTNEY DAHLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1947 – September 12, 1968
Service recordDavid Courtney Dahlin, of Reseda, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 36
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Reseda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 36
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT DICKINSONFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- WESLEY GEORGE DOTYFireman · September 12, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE DUNNLance Corporal · September 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BUTLERCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 35
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 38
- JOSEPH MACONPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 39
- KENNETH ALBERT WEDMANSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 43
From Reseda
- ARTHUR LOREN HAWKINS JRCorporal · November 10, 1967
- PATRICK LOUIS BRUCKNERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROMESergeant · May 7, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BINNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · May 22, 1968
- THOMAS LEE CARTERCaptain · November 10, 1968
- STEPHEN SCOTT NIEDERHAUSESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HARRISONCorporal · March 9, 1969
- JOHN ANDREW LESTELLE IIPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
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.