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SSGT Douglas Edward Dahill
 Record NO: (169)
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Rank / Rate SSGT War of Service Vietnam Date of birth Mar 6, 1949 Place of birth / home town Lima Family Members High School Lima Senior Enlistment Date Branch Army Service Number Unit / Ship / duty Station 5th Special Forces Group Date of Casuality Apr 17, 1969 Cause of Death or Status KIA MIA Place of Incident Vietnam Place of Burial or Memorial Arlington National: Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B Awards  Links to More Information Do you have information about this veteran we don’t have? Click Here --→ https://allencountyveterans.org/contact |
| Staff Sergeant Dahill was a member of Detachment B-52, D Company, 5th Special Forces Group. On April 17, 1969, he was a member of a reconnaissance team in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, 9 miles from Laos, when the team reported they had been hit hard and needed air strikes. Thunder storms prevented insertion of a relief force. Staff Sergeant Dahill was declared Missing in Action. His remains were recovered on June 10, 2008 and identified on October 3, 2008. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial |
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