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DONALD MILTON DALE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1944 – February 15, 1968
Service recordDonald Milton Dale, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 44
- PETER COLICCHIOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH LEE CRYSELLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- LUNAS JONAS DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- WILLIAM MARCUS DANIELSLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SPENCER ADAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 42
- JAMES THOMAS DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 45
- VERNON HARVIC LACKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 46
- LESTER FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 47
- STANLEY M JAMROCKPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 48
- DAVID EARL KEISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 49
- EARL MACKSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 51
- CLYDE RICHARD MCAFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 51
- MURAL MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 51
- DONALD WILBANKS VAUGHNSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 55
- RICHARD PAUL VELLANCESergeant · Panel 39E, Line 55
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 56
- ROGER GLENN WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 56
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 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.