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GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1950 – April 10, 1969
Service recordGeorge Albert F Dasho JR, of Cicero, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Cicero, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 48
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN DAUBERTSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- GERALD ANTHONY DECKERSpecialist Five · April 10, 1969
- DWIGHT MONTGOMERY DURHAMSergeant · April 10, 1969
From Cicero
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 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.