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WILLIAM JOHN DAHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – December 24, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Dahl, of Bloomington, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 89
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 89
- FLOYD IRVY BEACHSergeant · December 24, 1969
- RONALD ARTHUR CHRISTENSergeant · December 24, 1969
- RONALD GENE DENNISSergeant · December 24, 1969
- LAUREN DEAN FRITZSergeant · December 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL HIRESSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 90
From Bloomington
- GARY FRANCIS MCCUELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- PETER RAY WILLEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- DANIEL KENNETH WELINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- RONNIE CARL TESCHENDORFSergeant · November 29, 1970
- MICHAEL MATTHEW SIKICHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
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.