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TIMOTHY ALLEN DAHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – September 30, 1969
Service recordTimothy Allen Dahl, of Menasha, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Menasha, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 20
- PHILLIP BERNARD COONEYSpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- JOHN MOSES ANANIANPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- LOUIS THOMAS ORTIZPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- PHILIP HENRY REITHER JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MOSES ANANIANPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 20
From Menasha
- RONALD EDWARD JAHNKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- ALBIN ANTON BARANCZYKCorporal · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM KRUEGERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- HARVEY GEORGE JACOBSONCorporal · December 18, 1970
- SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHALSpecialist Four · February 21, 1972
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.