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GEORGE CLARENCE DAHLMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordGeorge Clarence Dahlman, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 106
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 106
- CHARLES CHANDLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN BEECHLY COMBSSergeant · April 18, 1969
- CURTIS KEITH COOK JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT MAURICE CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY BRINKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- JOHN BURGESSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 105
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE PARKCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 3
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- PERRY JAY SCOTTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 3
- CHARLES DUDLEY SHORTSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 4
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 4
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR TIPTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 4
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.