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DWIGHT DUANE TOLLEFSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1946 – March 4, 1966
Service recordDwight Duane Tollefson, of Le Sueur, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 110
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
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Le Sueur, Minnesota (Le Sueur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 110
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- DELBERT LEROY TRUBE JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROSCOE L VICKSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID WADSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
From Le Sueur
- JOHN FRANKLIN MEYERFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 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.