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GERALD RANDAL DASEN III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1945 – November 14, 1969
Service recordGerald Randal Dasen III, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 73
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · November 14, 1969
- RONALD GENE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- KENNETH GLENN ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALLAN HOWEStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 74
- THOMAS HOWARD SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 76
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.