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LOUIS DALE PALLAYE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1948 – December 4, 1969
Service recordLouis Dale Pallaye, of Carrollton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Carrollton, Ohio (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 25
- EMORY LEE REASpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- DON EDDIE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · December 4, 1969
- JOSE A VELEZ-HERNANDEZSpecialist Five · December 4, 1969
From Carrollton
- DENNIS RICHARD KNOCHSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
- RICHARD G SONNEBERGERLance Corporal · July 3, 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.