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Last Rank
Specialist 5
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Last Service Branch
Air Defense Artillery
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Last Primary MOS
16H20-Air Defense Artillery Operations/Intelligence Assistant
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Last MOS Group
Air Defense Artillery (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1971-1972, 16H20, B Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry
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Service Years
1971 - 1972
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1950 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
PFC John Jackson Pinney (Team Member, Vietnam Profiles)
to remember
Nihsen, Dallas Lee, SP 5.
If you knew or served with this Soldier and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Charter Oak, IA |
Last Address
Charter Oak, IA
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Casualty Date
Apr 15, 1972 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Kontum (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Morgan Cemetery - Schleswig, Iowa |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
02W 137 |
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Last Known Activity
HIT IN FLIGHT 10 KM S-SW OF DAK TO CITY 19720415
Dennis Watson
trailer-guy@juno.com
Pilot of the aircraft at death
365 S. Church St.
Fairhope, al 36532 usa
UH-1 extracting overrun artillery base troops, all Vietnamese and 1 American. Dallas one of two gunners, strongly urged mission. Aircraft struck numerous times but flew in and out. Dallas died enroute to Kontum medical support, struck in back by small arms fire which had penetrated three walls of aircraft before stricking him. A true hero and man's man. Pilot was Maj. Jim Gibbs, Unit Commander. I was Co-pilot. Mission successful, no crash, one Vietnamese soldier killed/1 wounded but boarded and survived.
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POSTED ON 7.3.2016
POSTED BY: DENNIS WATSON
NATASHA LINNIE
I was flying the helicopter in which Dallas died. Please contact me. Denniswatson@bellsouth.net
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Comments/Citation
POSTED ON 5.23.2015
POSTED BY: YOUR NIECE NATASHA LINNE
UNCLE DALLAS
I wish I could of met you. My dad tells me stories about you all the time! Thank you for serving our Country. You'll be forever missed and never forgotten. I love you!
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