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JAMES MILTON DALE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – November 20, 1969
Service recordJames Milton Dale, of Sedalia, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Sedalia, Missouri (Pettis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In November 1969, 660 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 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 98
- ANTHONY JACK CARLUCCISpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLEN CHARTIERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1969
- LESLIE AARON DALRYMPLECorporal · November 20, 1969
- PABLO BENITEZ GARZASergeant First Class · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERIC GEORGE BLANTINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 97
From Sedalia
- VERNDEAN ARTHUR BROCKMANSergeant First Class · November 16, 1963
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- HERMAN JOHN VOLLMERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD SIRONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · January 24, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · April 17, 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.