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FRED DALE PAKELE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1929 – February 9, 1971
Service recordFred Dale Pakele, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 92
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 26, 1929
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1971
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 92
- NORMAN JAMES PEARSONCorporal · February 9, 1971
- PHILLIP JAMES SANDOVALCorporal · February 9, 1971
- STEPHEN LEE WHISENANTCaptain · February 9, 1971
- BLAKE DOMINIC WHITNEYPrivate · February 9, 1971
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.